Carl Benjamin Klunzinger

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Carl Benjamin Klunzinger.

Carl Benjamin Klunzinger (born November 18, 1834 in Güglingen ; † June 21, 1914 in Stuttgart ) was a German tropical doctor and zoologist .

Life

Carl Benjamin Klunzinger was the son of Güglingen's parish priest Karl Klunzinger . He lived from 1863 to 1869 and after a three-year stay in Europe to process his collections again from 1872 to 1875 as a doctor, mostly in Al-Qusair (Koseir) on the Red Sea , the coast of which he traveled along with the Nile Valley several times.

After returning to Germany, he received the position of curator at the natural history cabinet in Stuttgart. From 1884 to 1900 he was professor of zoology, anthropology and hygiene at the Stuttgart Polytechnic .

In 1876 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1912 he became an honorary member of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg .

The railway and hydraulic engineer Paul Klunzinger was his brother.

Fonts

Complete list of literature: see memories from my life as a doctor and naturalist about Koseir on the Red Sea ( #Klunzinger 1915 , pp. 304-311).

  • A zoological excursion to a coral reef of the Red Sea. In: Negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, Volume 20, 1870, pp. 389–394, pdf .
  • Synopsis of the fish of the Red Sea. In: Negotiations of the Imperial and Royal Zoological and Botanical Society in Vienna, Volume 20, 1870, Pages 669–834, Volume 21, 1871, pp. 441–1368, pdf , reprint: Weinheim: Cramer, 1964.
  • Images from Upper Egypt, the desert and the Red Sea. With a foreword by Georg Schweinfurth . 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Levy & Müller, 1878, pdf , reprint: Wiesbaden: LTR-Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-88706-012-1 .
    • Upper Egypt: its people and its products. A descriptive account of the manners, customs, superstitions, and occupations of the people of the Nile Valley, the desert, and the Read Sea coast, with sketches of the natural history and geology . New York: Scribner, 1878, pdf , reprint: New York: AMS Press, 1984.
  • The corals of the red sea. 3 volumes. Berlin: Gutmann, 1871–1879.
    • Volume 1: The Alcyonaria and Malacoderms. Berlin: Gutmann, 1871, pdf .
  • The v. Müller 's collection of Australian fish in Stuttgart. In: Session reports of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Mathematical and Natural Science Class , year 80, 1880, pp. 325–430, panels I – IX, pdf .
  • The fish in Württemberg: from a faunistic-biological point of view, and the fishing conditions there . In: Württembergische Naturwissenschaftliche Jahreshefte , volume 37, 1881, pp. 173–304, pdf .
  • About the whitefish species of Lake Constance . In: Annuals of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , Volume 40, 1884, pp. 105–128, pdf .
  • Memorandum on the situation of the Königlichen Naturalienkabinett zu Stuttgart , manuscript, Stuttgart 1884. Reprinted in: # Adam 1991 , pp. 11-16.
  • The fish of the red sea: a critical revision with identification tables. 1st part: Acanthopteri veri Owen . Stuttgart: Swiss beard, 1884.
  • Lake Constance fish, their care and catch . Stuttgart: Enke, 1892.
  • About the prehistoric fishing equipment: especially the pile dwellings of Lake Constance; Lecture given at the 4th German Fishing Day in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance . In: Circulars of the German Fisheries Association; 1892.
  • Theodor Eimer : an outline of life with a representation of Eimer's teachings after their development. In: Annuals of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , Volume 55, 1899, pp. 1–22, pdf .
  • Reply to Nüsslin ’s remarks in the Gangfisch-Blaufelchen question from September 1903. In: Annual Issues of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg, Volume 60, 1904, pp. 335–343, pdf .
  • Results of recent research on Lake Constance . Stuttgart: Swiss beard, 1906.
  • History of the Stuttgart zoo. In: Annual Books of the Association for Patriotic Natural History , Volume 66, 1910, pp. 167–217, pdf .
  • The round crabs (Cyclometopa) of the Red Sea . Halle, 1913, pdf .
  • A visit to the clever dog Rolf plus parallel observations of other animals and animal psychological and other considerations. In: Annuals of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , Volume 70, 1914, pp. 217-254, pdf .
  • Memories from my life as a doctor and naturalist at Koseir on the Red Sea . Würzburg: Kabitzsch, 1915. pdf .

literature

  • Ronald Fricke: Types in the Fish Collection of the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart. Part 2. The Klunzinger Collection. Stuttgart: State Museum for Natural History, 1992, pdf .
  • Karl Dietrich Adam : From the 200 year history of the Stuttgart Natural History Museum. Stuttgart: State Museum for Natural History, 1991, pdf .
  • Heinrich Ernst Ziegler : In memory of CB Klunzinger (II. Necrologist). In: Annual books of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , 71 year, Stuttgart 1915, pp. XXIII – XXXII (contains a list of publications in the annual books of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg ).
  • Klunzinger, Karl Benjamin. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 11. Leipzig 1907, p. 161, pdf .

Web links

Commons : Carl Benjamin Klunzinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ #Meyers 1907 .
  2. ^ Member entry by Benjamin Klunzinger at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Honorary members of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg
personal data
SURNAME Klunzinger, Carl Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Güglingen
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1914
Place of death Stuttgart