Eduard Killias

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Eduard Wolfgang Killias (born March 1, 1829 in Chur ; † November 14, 1891 ibid) was a Swiss doctor and naturalist . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Killias ".

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Killias attended high school in Chur. He then studied medicine in Zurich , Bern , Tübingen , Prague and Vienna . In 1852 he received his doctorate in medicine and surgery. From 1852 he worked as a city doctor in Chur , later as a spa doctor in Le Prese and from 1864 as a spa doctor in Tarasp / Vulpera . In 1857 he married Sophie Würth.

The most important botanical work to be mentioned is research into the flora of the Lower Engadine, which he recorded in his Flora of the Lower Engadine . His herbarium is now kept in the Herbarium Rhaeticum in Chur.

Memberships

  • 1886–1891: Member of the Federal Examination Committee for Medical Examinations at the University of Zurich
  • 1856, 1859–1891: President of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden.
  • 1891 death: Vice President of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden.
  • Vice-President of the Historical-Antiquarian Society of Graubünden.
  • 1877: Founding member of the Bündner Aid Society for the Mentally Ill.
  • Founding member of the Rhätia section of the Swiss Alpine Club .
  • Founding member of the Ornithological Society of Graubünden.
  • 1862–64, 1888–1891: President of the Graubünden Medical Association.

Works

  • Directory of the Grisons mosses. - Annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden new version 4: 77-134. (1859).
  • Contributions to the Rhaetian flora. - Annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden new version 5: 71–81. (1860).
  • Second addendum to the moss and lichen lists. - Annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden new version 6: 245-251. (1861).
  • Mosses (under: Contributions to the Grisons cryptogam flora). - Annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden new version 11: 183–188. (1866).
  • Liverworts (under: Contributions to the Grisons cryptogam flora). - Annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden new version 11: 189–200. (1866)
  • The arsenic sourlings from Val Sinestra near Sins (Lower Engadine). Casanova, Chur, 1876.
  • The flora of the Lower Engadine . Supplement to the XXXI annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden . Casanova, Chur, 1888.

literature

  • Susanna Sala Massari: Engadine herbaria. Collections from the 19th and 20th centuries. Valentina Edizioni, Milano, 2006. ISBN 88-88448-10-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Killias, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Killias, Eduard Wolfgang (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1891
Place of death Chur