Carl von Küster (botanist)
Baron Carl von Kuster (born July 21, jul. / 2. August 1820 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † December 2 jul. / 14. December 1893 greg. In Darmstadt ) was a German diplomat, Real Privy Councilor and Russian Imperial State , Naturalist and botanist .
Life
Carl von Kuster studied at the Ludwigs-University of Giessen and was pouring in on March 6, 1846 Dr. phil. PhD . He became a real privy councilor and Imperial Russian State Secretary and worked from 1857 to 1864 as director of the botanical garden in Saint Petersburg. From 1875 to 1881 the theater in Saint Petersburg was under his control.
On October 15, 1855, Carl von Küster with the academic surname Trinius II was accepted as a member (matriculation no. 1744) of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina . The choice of his nickname was reminiscent of the doctor, poet and botanist Carl Bernhard Trinius, who worked in Saint Petersburg and died in 1844 .
Eduard August von Regel named the cycad Ceratozamia kuesteriana Regel 1857 in his honor in 1857.
His grave is in the family crypt (crypt 21) of the Barons von Küster in Frankfurt's main cemetery , where other members of his family also found their final resting place.
- Lilla Caroline Therese Julie von Küster, née Löwe (March 28, 1818 Leipzig - November 1, 1908 Wiesbaden)
- Eugen von Küster (1845–1872), Imperial Russian Court Doctor
- Otto Franz Julius von Küster (April 4/16, 1850 St. Petersburg - June 7, 1912 Würzburg), Imperial Russian State Councilor
literature
- Leopoldina, 30, 1894, p. 2 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Member entry of Carl von Kuster at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- CERL Thesaurus : Küster, Carl von
- Frankfurt main cemetery: Crypt 21 by Küster
Notes and individual references
- ^ Franz Kössler: Directory of doctoral degrees at Giessen University from 1801–1884. University Library, Giessen 1970, p. 56 ( PDF )
- ^ Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 281 digitized
- ↑ Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 30, 1857, p. 187
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Küster, Carl von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, real privy councilor and Russian-Imperial State Secretary, natural scientist and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1893 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |