Gustav Hartlaub

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Gustav Hartlaub

Carl Johann Gustav Hartlaub (born November 8, 1814 in Bremen ; † November 29, 1900 in Bremen) was a German doctor and ornithologist .

Life

After studying in Bonn , where he joined the Corps Guestphalia in 1837 , Berlin and Göttingen , Hartlaub obtained his doctorate in 1838. On his subsequent travels he began collecting and researching exotic birds from 1840 , which he bequeathed to the Museum of the Natural History Society in Bremen . As early as 1844, the collection comprised around 2000 copies. Hartlaub was the first to describe some bird species. In 1852 Hartlaub founded the Journal for Ornithology together with his assistant Jean Louis Cabanis , which is still the leading German-language journal in its field. In 1857 Hartlaub was elected a member of the Leopoldina.

In 1857, after a trip to Africa , Hartlaub published his main work System der Ornithologie Westafrica’s , in which he describes 758 bird species. In 1860 a systematic review of the birds of Madagascar follows . He finally supported Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839–1917) with a work on the bird life of Polynesia .

relationship

Hartlaub's father was the wealthy Bremen businessman Carl Friedrich Ludwig Hartlaub (1792–1874). He later became a senator in Bremen. His mother was the educated and art-loving Johanna Elisabeth Hartlaub born. Buch (1785–1874) who had a literary salon in her house. She was the daughter of the Bremen pastor Philipp Ludwig Buch. Both married in 1813. Between 1814 and 1823 the mother gave birth to five children. Hartlaub's only sister was Lina Caroline Elisabeth Dorothea von Eisendecher .

On June 9, 1844, Hartlaub married Caroline Stachow in Bremen.

Memberships

In 1840 he was introduced by Charles Parzudaki (1806-1889) as member number 186 of the Société cuviérienne .

Species names

Hard- leaf turaco (also known as silk turaco )

A number of birds have been named after Hartlaub:

Publications (selection)

  • Description of the cinq nouvelles espèces d'Oiseaux de l'Afrique occidentale . In: Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (=  2 ). tape 1 , 1849, p. 494-498 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • West Africa's system of ornithology . C. Schünemann, Bremen 1857 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Monograph of the glossy starlings (Lamprotornithinae) of Africa . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 7 , no. 37 , 1859, pp. 1-36 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Addition to the monograph of the glossy starlings (Lamprotornithinae) . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 7 , no. 38 , 1859, pp. 110-111 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • About Bradyornis Smith and Sigelus Cab. In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 7 , no. 41 , 1859, pp. 321-325 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • About Eurinorhynchus pygmaeus (Lin.) . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 7 , no. 41 , 1859, pp. 325-329 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Systematic overview of the birds of Madagascar . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 8 , no. 43 , 1860, p. 1-16 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Systematic overview of the birds of Madagascar . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 8 , no. 44 , 1860, p. 81-112 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Systematic overview of the birds of Madagascar . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 7 , no. 45 , 1860, p. 161-180 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • On Five New Species of Birds from the Feejee Islands . In: The Ibis . tape 2 , no. 6 , 1866, pp. 171-173 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • About a new Numida. After a letter from Jules Verreaux . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 15 , no. 85 , 1867, pp. 36-37 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • with Otto Finsch: Contribution to the fauna of Central Polynesia. Ornithology of the Viti, Samoa and Tonga Islands . HW Schmidt, Halle 1867 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The birds of Madagascar and the neighboring island groups. A contribution to the zoology of the Ethiopian region . HW Schmidt, Halle 1877 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • with Philip Lutley Sclater : On the Birds collected in Socotra by Prof. IB Balfour . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1881 . Part I, 1881, p. 165-175 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

literature

  • Paul Leverkühn : In memory of Dr. Gustav Hartlaub . In: Journal of Ornithology (=  5 ). tape 49 , no. 3 , July 1901, p. 337-359 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Otto Finsch : For the reconciliation of two dead masters. (Hartlaub- Petényi ) . In: Journal of Ornithology (=  5 ). tape 50 , no. 3 , July 1902, p. 349-356 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Wilhelm Olbers Focke : Dr. Gustav Hartlaub . In: Treatises published by the Natural Science Association in Bremen. tape 19 , no. 3 , 1909, pp. 485-508 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Erwin Stresemann :  Hartlaub, Carl Johann Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 719 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Hans Christian Andersen , Lina von Eisendecher: Correspondence , Wallstein Verlag, 1999, ISBN 978-3-89244-648-4
  • Société Cuvierienne: Nouveaux membres admis dans la Société curvienne . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 2 , 1840, p. 64 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • John Cassin: Catalog of Birds collected on the River Camma and Ogobai, Western Africa by Mr. PB Duchaillu , in 1858, with notes and descriptions of new species . In: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . tape 11 , 1859, p. 172-176 ( biodiversitylibrary.org - 1860).
  • José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage: Aves das possessões portuguesas d 'Africa occidental que existem no Museu de Lisboa . In: Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes . tape 2 , no. 5 , 1868, p. 38-50 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage: Aves das possessões portuguesas d'Africa occidental . In: Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes . tape 2 , no. 8 , 1869, p. 333-352 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage: Mélanges ornithologiques (continuado do num. XXIII). V. Espèces nouvelles d'Angola . In: Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes . tape 6 , no. December 24 , 1878, pp. 254-261 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Gustav Adolf Fischer, Anton Reichenow: New bird species from the Maasailand (Inner East Africa) . In: Journal of Ornithology (=  4 ). tape 32 , no. 165 , January 1884, p. 52-58 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Carl Friedrich Bruch: Revision of the genus Larus Lin. In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 3 , no. July 16 , 1855, p. 273-293 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Theodor von Heuglin: Contributions to the ornithology of North-East Africa . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 11 , no. 61 , January 1863, p. 3-29 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Christoph Gottfried Giebel: Thesaurus ornithologiae: Repertory of the entire ornithological literature and nomenclator of all genera and species of birds, including synonyms and geographical distribution . tape 1 . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1872 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Web links

Wikisource: Gustav Hartlaub  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Gustav Hartlaub  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Apparently the wrong spelling Karel is also occasionally found; however, Carl is correct, see z. B. The German biography or the historical address book of Bremen 1860 ; also the biography of Bremen in the nineteenth century . Edited by the Historical Society of the Artists' Association. Publishing house by Gustav Winter, Bremen 1912
  2. ↑ See the entries in Die deutsche Biographie and Bremische Biographie of the nineteenth century . Edited by the Historical Society of the Artists' Association. Published by Gustav Winter, Bremen 1912, p. 202ff.
  3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 12 , 247
  4. ^ Société cuviérienne, p. 64.
  5. ^ John Cassin, p. 175.
  6. ↑ José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1868), p. 48.
  7. ^ Theodor von Heuglin, p. 10.
  8. ↑ Carl Friedrich Bruch, p. 286.
  9. ↑ José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1878), p. 259.
  10. ↑ Gustav Hartlaub (1857), p. 50.
  11. ↑ Gustav Adolf Fischer u. a., p. 52.
  12. ↑ José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1869), p. 353.
  13. ↑ Christoph Gottfried Giebell, p. 448.
personal data
SURNAME Hartlaub, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartlaub, Karel Johan Gustav; Hartlaub, Karl Johann Gustav; Hartlaub, Carl Johann Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1900
Place of death Bremen