Carl Jessen

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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen , also Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen (born September 15, 1821 in Schleswig , † May 27, 1889 in Berlin ) was a Prussian , German botanist and university professor in Greifswald . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Jess. "

Life

Carl Jessen studied at Christian-Albrechts-Universität and had been a member of the Corps Saxonia Kiel since 1843 . In Kiel he was awarded Dr. phil. PhD . A little later he was employed as a lecturer in botany at the Royal State and Agricultural Academy Eldena , founded in 1835 . At the same time he qualified as a professor for botany at the Royal University of Greifswald . Appointed professor , he was accepted into the Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Akademie in 1854 . In 1871 he took part in a Baltic Sea expedition equipped by the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture. When the academy in Eldena (Greifswald) was closed in 1877, Jessen moved to Berlin. He worked there as a writer and gave lectures at the Friedrich Wilhelms University . After a short illness, he died at the age of 68.

Carl Jessen married Mathilde Henriette Strumper (1820–1886). The couple had six children, three of whom died early. The son Carl (1857–1939) became a Privy Councilor and Building Officer in Bielefeld. Of the daughters, Amalie (1855–1943) married the lawyer Heinrich Otto Lehmann and Mathilde married the architect Carl Bauer.

See also

Honors

The plant genus Jessenia F. Muell is named after Jessen . ex Sond. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

Fonts (selection)

  • About the lifespan of the plants and the cause of devastating plant diseases (awarded by the Leopoldina).
  • Germany's grasses and cereals. 1863, doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.15659 .
  • as ed. with Ernst Meyer: Alberti Magni 'De vegetabilibus libri VII'. Berlin 1867.
  • German excursion flora. 1879.
  • Aristotle's plant works. Greifswald 1858.
  • Botany of the present and prehistoric times in cultural-historical development. A contribution to the history of the occidental peoples. 1864.
  • with E. Meyer : Albertus Magnus : De vegetabilibus libri VII. 1867.
  • The German common names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Compiled from all dialects and times by Dr. G. Pritzel and Dr. CFW Jessen. Philipp Cohen, Hanover 1882; Reprint in 2 volumes, Amsterdam 1967.
  • The origin and continuation of living beings according to belief and knowledge of all times. 1885 (against Darwin ).

In lectures he spoke about the natural laws of the fine arts , aesthetics as natural science and the physiology of the soul . In a lecture on the origin and persistence of living beings and in his book published in 1885, he turned against Darwin's teaching .

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Carl Jessen  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the GND main heading incorrectly with all baptismal names as Jessen, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 77/35.
  3. ↑ Dissertation: Prasiolae generis Algarum monographia , in memoriam Johannes Nicolaus von Suhr (1792–1847)
  4. ↑ According to the Kösener corps lists, Jessen only received his doctorate as Dr. med., then as Dr. phil.
  5. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
personal data
SURNAME Jessen, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jessen, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm (full name); Jessen, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and university professor in Greifswald
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleswig
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1889
Place of death Berlin