Conrad Quensel (naturalist)
Conrad Quensel (born December 10, 1767 in Skåne , † August 22, 1806 at Karlberg Castle in Stockholm ) was a Swedish naturalist. He was the grandson of the astronomer Conrad Quensel .
Life
Quensel was the son of Jacob Quensel (1724-1802) and Ulrika Bened. (nee Billberg) and had two younger brothers Isak Johan Quensel (1776–1837) and Eberhard Quensel (1782–1859). He became a student at Lund University in 1783 , where he passed his master's degree in philosophy in 1787. In 1789 and 1791 he went on study trips to Lapland , where he described several new insect species , such as unknown grass and pearl butterflies. The sponsor for the second expedition was Gustaf von Paykull . A species of insect, Bombyx quenseliana, was named after him. From 1791 he was an employee of the botanical garden at Uppsala University, from 1797 doctor of medicine and after 1798 director of the Nature Cabinet at the Academy of Science in Stockholm. Thanks to his efforts, the collection could be expanded considerably. He created a catalog of the holdings and took care of the exchange of duplicates with the universities in Uppsala, Turku and Lund. He also encouraged the members of the academy to donate their own materials. He himself owned a large entomological collection. He also took part in electrochemical experiments carried out by Jöns Jakob Berzelius , Anders Ludvig Hedenberg (1781–1809) and other members of the Galvanic Society.
He later became a teacher of chemistry and natural history at the military school at Karlberg Castle, where he received the title of professor in 1805. He also made a name for himself as a lepidopterist.
Fonts (selection)
Quensel wrote most of the text of the first four volumes of the Svensk Botanik table work (1802–1843) with copperplate engravings by Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch . He also wrote the text for the first volume of Svensk Zoologi (1806-1809).
- Utkast till elefantens naturalhistoria . with copper plates and drawings by Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch. Carl Delén, Stockholm 1804 ( runeberg.org ).
literature
- Quensel, Conrad . In: Biographiskt lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska men . tape 11 : P-Q . Vahlström & Låstbom, Uppsala 1845, p. 422–425 ( books.google.de - pp. 423 and 424 are missing here or it must read p. 423).
- 2. Quensel, Konrad . In: John Rosén, Theodor Westrin (ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 13 : Pontin – Ruete . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1889, Sp. 531 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Carl Axel Magnus Lindman : 2. Konrad Q. In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 22 : Possession – Retzia . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1915, Sp. 756 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- 2. Quensel, Konrad . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 309 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Quensel, Conrad, 1767-1806. biodiversitylibrary.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lars-Olof Skoglund, Andreas Tjerneld: Quensel, släkt. In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon . Volume 29: Ebeneow – Rettig. Bonnier, Stockholm 1997, p. 550 ff. (Family article , sok.riksarkivet.se ).
- ^ Conrad Quensel, Olof Swartz, Gustaf Johan Billberg, Göran Wahlenberg: Svensk botanik . Ed .: JW Palmstruch. 1802 (Swedish, runeberg.org - volume overview).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quensel, Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gentle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 1806 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |