Carl Thomae (natural scientist)

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Carl Thomae (also Karl Thomä , born January 9, 1808 in Dienethal , † June 4, 1885 in Wiesbaden ) was a German agricultural scientist and naturalist .

Life

Carl Thomae studied natural sciences, mathematics and history at the University of Bonn from 1832 and was awarded a doctorate in May 1835. phil. PhD. From 1835 to 1845 he taught at the ducal Nassau Agricultural Institute on the Geisberg farm near Wiesbaden. In 1839 he was appointed professor. Thomae was secretary of the Natural History Association in the Duchy of Nassau and director of the Natural History Museum in Wiesbaden . He later worked as a government official from 1849 to 1868 as director of the Agricultural Institute.

Carl Thomae was elected a member ( matriculation number 1529 ) of the Leopoldina on October 15, 1843 with the academic surname Polyergus .

He was a member of the Wetterau Society for all natural history in Hanau and from October 1835 a member of the Botanical Association on the Middle and Lower Rhine . In 1842 he became a corresponding member of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society and in 1851 an honorary member of the Natural History Association in the Duchy of Nassau . In 1855 he became president of the Agricultural Association in the Duchy of Nassau. Thomae was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle and the Order of Annen .

Fonts

  • The volcanic Roderberg near Bonn. Geognostic description of its crater and its surroundings. Henry and Cohen, Bonn 1835 ( digitized version ).
  • History of the Natural History Association in the Duchy of Nassau and the Natural History Museum in Wiesbaden. Friedrich, Wiesbaden 1842 ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Anonymous: Nekrolog. Professor Dr. Carl Thomae In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History. 38, Wiesbaden 1885, pp. 143-148 digitized
  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 270 ( archive.org ).
  • Friedrich Otto :  Thomae, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 62-64.
  • Thomae, (Johann) Karl (Jakob), agricultural scientist. In: Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia. 2nd edition, volume 10: Thies - Zymalkowski. KG Saur, Munich 2008, p. 9 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the Botanical Association on the Middle and Lower Rhine as of July 31, 1836  - Internet Archive
  2. ↑ List of members 1883 of the Senckenbergische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. (PDF) p. 28.
personal data
SURNAME Thomae, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomä, Karl; Polyergus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist and natural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Dienethal
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1885
Place of death Wiesbaden