Udo Dammer

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Udo Dammer around 1919

Carl Lebrecht Udo Dammer (born January 8, 1860 in Apolda , † November 15, 1920 in Groß Rambin near Kolberg ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Dammer ".

Life

Udo Dammer was the oldest child of the chemist Otto Dammer . From 1883 to 1886 he worked as curator at the Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg and then studied botany in Berlin, where he was also (from 1887 to 1889) assistant to Nathanael Pringsheim . In 1888 he received his doctorate from the University of Freiburg; the title of his dissertation was Contributions to the knowledge of the vegetative organs of Limnobium Stoloniferum Grisebach .

From 1893 to 1919 he was curator at the Botanical Garden in Berlin . In addition, he developed a lively journalistic activity (see below). Therefore, with a patent dated December 21, 1905, the Prussian Minister of Education awarded him the title of professor.

In his last years he lived mainly on his estate in Karlsruhe near Battin . He was also buried there after he was killed in a traffic accident. His wife Elisabeth b. Schrabach, with whom he had two sons, outlived him by six years.

Honor taxon

After him, the carpet medlar ( Cotoneaster dammeri ) from the genus of the dwarf medlar received the species epithet in the scientific name.

In addition, the genus Dammera K.Schum was named in his honor . & Lauterb. of the palm family (Arecaceae).

Works

Here is a selection of his works:

  • Handbook for plant collectors. Stuttgart 1891.
  • Instructions for plant collectors. Stuttgart 1894.
  • About rearing the silk moth caterpillar. Frankfurt (Oder) 1897.
  • Indoor leaf plants. Berlin 1899.
  • Balcony plants. Berlin 1899.
  • Gardening theory. Berlin 1899.
  • Softwoods. Berlin 1900.
  • Palm trees. Berlin 1900.
  • Our flowers and plants in the garden. Leipzig 1912.
  • Pocket atlas of edible and harmful mushrooms. Esslingen in 1914.
  • How do we best grow vegetables? Berlin 1916.

literature

  • Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? (3rd edition) . Leipzig 1908, p. 240 .
  • Association d. German Academies (Hrsg.): German Biographical Yearbook. Transition Volume II: 1917-1920. P. 715.
  • H. Harms: Obituary. In: Verh. Bot. Verein Prov. Brandenburg. Volume 64, 1922, pp. 136-138.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / gedbas.genealogy.net

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personal data
SURNAME Dammer, Udo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dammer, Carl Lebrecht Udo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Apolda
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1920
Place of death Great Rambin near Kolberg