Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid
Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid (born November 19, 1767 in Gmunden , Upper Austria , † December 17, 1821 in Linz ) was an Austrian doctor and naturalist (botany and entomology ).
Duftschmid made significant discoveries in the field of entomology , especially coleopterology (beetle science), and acquired the complete insect collection from Johann Ignaz Schiffermüller for the Vienna Natural History Museum . His herbarium is in the Upper Austrian State Museum in Linz. The entomological collection also came to the Upper Austrian State Museum after a few detours. The old original labels were destroyed later, so that the Duftschmid types can no longer be found in the museum collection today.
In his three-volume work Fauna Austriæ he introduced many new genera and species .
Duftschmid was the father of the botanist and doctor Johann Baptiste Duftschmid (1804–1866). He is also the ancestor of the musician Lorenz Duftschmid (* 1964).
Works
- Fauna Austriæ. Linz, Leipzig 1805-25.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Duftschmid, Kaspar . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 387 ( digitized version ).
- Duftschmid Kaspar. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 202.
- Helmut Dolezal: Duftschmid, Caspar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 178 ( digitized version ).
- Allen George Debus: World who's who in science . Marquis-Who's Who, Chicago 1968. ISBN 0-837-91001-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Mitter, The Beetle Fauna Upper Austria, Contribution. Naturk. Upper Austria, 2000
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duftschmid, Caspar Erasmus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian doctor and naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gmunden , Upper Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1821 |
| Place of death | Linz |