Christian August Friedrich Garcke

Christian August Friedrich Garcke; Portrait medallion on the tombstone

Christian August Friedrich Garcke (born October 25, 1819 in Bräunrode , † January 10, 1904 in Berlin ) was a Prussian , German botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Garcke ".

Life

August Garcke was the son of a chief forester. He studied theology in Halle from 1840, but finally turned to botany after passing the state and doctoral exams (1844). He moved to Berlin in 1851 and was employed by the Royal Botanical Museum in Berlin from 1856. Garcke was appointed to the examination committee for pharmacists in 1867, completed his habilitation in 1869 and was appointed associate professor for medicinal plants in 1871 . He gained a reputation among colleagues as an important connoisseur of Germany's higher plants .

August Garcke died after a brief illness on January 10, 1904 at the age of 84 in Berlin. His grave is in Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Churches in Berlin-Kreuzberg . A zippus on a pedestal made of red-brown granite serves as the gravestone. A portrait medallion created by Lilli Wislicenus-Finzelberg is embedded in the front .

Works

The first part of his Flora von Halle appeared in 1848 and the second in 1856 . As early as 1849 he published his main work, Flora von Nord und Mitteldeutschland , which was expanded to Flora von Deutschland with the 13th edition in 1878 and was illustrated from the 17th edition (1895) ( Illustrierte Flora von Deutschland ). The 23rd and final edition appeared in 1972 after a long break after the 22nd edition in 1922.

Garcke was also the co-editor of a large number of botanical treatises and improved reprints of earlier works. From 1867 to 1882 he was editor of the magazine Linnæa , which was then discontinued.

Others

Garcke's grave of honor in Berlin-Kreuzberg

The house where he was born in Braunröde is known today as the “Garckestift”. It is inhabited and is a listed building.

Honors

In 1892 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

By resolution of the Berlin Senate , Garcke's final resting place in Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Churches (grave location 311-4-10) in Berlin-Kreuzberg has been dedicated since 1973 as a grave of honor for the State of Berlin . The dedication was extended in 1999 by the now usual period of twenty years.

A moss genus Garckea Müll.Hal was named after Garcke . from the family of the Ditrichaceae .

Fonts

Flora of North and Central Germany. For use on excursions, in schools and for self-teaching . 8th, improved edition. Wiegandt and Hempel, Berlin 1867 ( archive.org - first edition: 1849).
Franz Niedenzu (Ed.): August Garcke's illustrated flora of Germany. For use on excursions, in schools and for self-teaching. 20th, revised edition. Paul Parey publishing house, Berlin 1908 (22nd edition 1922 at archive.org ).
Konrad von Weihe (ed.): Illustrated flora. Germany and neighboring areas. Vascular cryptogams and flowering plants. 23rd, completely redesigned edition. Paul Parey Publishing House, Berlin / Hamburg 1972, ISBN 3-489-68034-0 .

literature

TOBN Krok: Garcke, Friedrich August . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 9 : Fruktodling – Gossensass . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1908, Sp. 736 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Ilse Jahn: Garcke, Christian Friedrich August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 71 ( digitized version ).
Klaus Garcke: History of the Garcke family (= German family archive . Volume 161). Verlag Degener, Insingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-7686-5210-0 , pp. 130-142, 259-263, 332-337.

Hans Magnus Enzensberger : XLVIII Christian August Friedrich Garcke . In: An expert review in 89 numbers: With a dialogue between nature and a dissatisfied person: The demon of the division of labor . Suhrkamp Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-518-76113-7 , pp. 144-145 ( books.google.de ).

Web links

Commons : Christian August Friedrich Garcke - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Author entry and list of the plant names described for Christian August Friedrich Garcke at the IPNI
Literature by and about Christian August Friedrich Garcke in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Berliner Tageblatt . January 12, 1904, morning edition, p. 3.
^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places. Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 242.
↑ Member entry by August Garcke at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 23, 2015.
↑ Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) . (PDF, 413 kB) Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, p. 24; Retrieved on March 28, 2019.
Submission - for information - about the recognition and further preservation of graves of well-known and deserving personalities as honorary graves in Berlin . (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, printed matter 13/4050 of 23 August 1999, p. 2; accessed on March 28, 2019.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018 ( bgbm.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Garcke, Christian Friedrich August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Garcke, Christian August Friedrich; Garcke, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bräunrode
DATE OF DEATH	January 10, 1904
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Berliner Tageblatt . January 12, 1904, morning edition, p. 3.

[2] Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places. Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 242.

[3] Member entry by August Garcke at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 23, 2015.

[4] Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) . (PDF, 413 kB) Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, p. 24; Retrieved on March 28, 2019.
Submission - for information - about the recognition and further preservation of graves of well-known and deserving personalities as honorary graves in Berlin . (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, printed matter 13/4050 of 23 August 1999, p. 2; accessed on March 28, 2019.

[Burkhardt2018-5] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018 ( bgbm.org ).