Eduard August Rübel

Eduard August Rübel (born July 18, 1876 in Zurich ; † June 24, 1960 ) was a Swiss vegetation scientist , titular professor at the ETH Zurich , founder of the "Geobotanische Forschungsinsinstitut Rübel", genealogist as well as Zurich canton councilor and local politician . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Rübel ".

biography

Eduard August Rübel studied at the then Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich chemistry and received his doctorate in 1901 at ETH of the reorganized to Dr. phil. There he was initially an employee of the botany professor Carl Schroeter , one of the founders of geobotany . In 1917 he was appointed private lecturer for botany at the ETH. His botanical specialty were the bryophytes (mosses) . Several plant species were first described by him, together with Josias Braun-Blanquet (e.g. the lotus species Onosma cinerascens Rubel & Braun-Blanq. And Onosma delphinensis Rubel & Braun-Blanq.).

In 1918, Rübel founded the "Rübel Geobotanical Research Institute" , in particular to promote the still young scientific discipline of geobotany , the institute building of which was established in 1928 by his two sisters Helene and Cecile. The directors of this institute were: Heinrich Brockmann-Jerosch , from 1931 Werner Lüdi , then Heinz Ellenberg (1958 to 1966), Elias Landolt (1966–1993) and from 1993 Peter J. Edwards . As assistants at the institute u. a. Josias Braun-Blanquet (until 1926), Balthasar Stüssi (1936 to 1944) and Heinrich Zoller (1945 to 1954).

In 1923 the ETH appointed Rübel as adjunct professor. From 1929 to 1934 he was the central president of the “Swiss Natural Research Society” (it was the Swiss Academy of Sciences until 1987 and is now part of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences ).

Rüdel held numerous business and public-political offices. He was also an honorary member and corresponding member in numerous domestic and foreign societies. In 1931 he was u. a. elected member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

In 1934 he ended his teaching activities and shifted his interests mainly to genealogical research.

In 1958 he donated the research institute he had founded and, until then - independently of the respective directors - run, under the name of the "Rübel Foundation" to the ETH. It came up today in the "Institute for Integrative Biology" (IBZ) of the ETH Department of Environmental Sciences.

Eduard Rübel was married to Anna Luise Blass (* 1882) from Zurich since 1908.

The foundation founded by Rübel celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2018 and continues to support geobotanical research at ETH Zurich today.

Public offices

From 1916 to 1919 Rübel was a member and secretary of the city council of the city of Zurich, in 1926 a cantonal councilor of the canton of Zurich and from 1921 a member of the Zurich dignitaries and patricians' association " Gesellschaft der Schildner zum Schneggen ".

Publications

Rübel wrote various herbal monographs , including 1930 "The Plant Societies of the Earth", a standard work for a long time.

literature

Werner Lüdi and N. von Senger-Agthe: Directory of publications (1901–1935) by Eduard Rüdel. In: Reports of the Swiss Botanical Society = Bulletin de la Société Botanique Suisse , Vol. 46, 1936, pp. 684–691 ( digitized version ).
Werner Lüdi: Eduard August Rüdel (1876–1960). In: Reports of the Geobotanical Institute of the Eidg. Techn. Hochschule, Rübel Foundation, Vol. 32, 1960, pp. 5–25 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Elias Landolt: Rübel, Eduard August. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Literature by and about Eduard August Rübel in the catalog of the German National Library
Author entry and list of the described plant names for Eduard August Rübel at the IPNI
Portrait of Eduard Rübel. In: Foundation Geobotanical Research Institute Rübel
Website on the history of the former Geobotanical Institute Stiftung Rübel
Report on the Geobotanical Research Institute Rübel in Zurich. In: E-Periodica

Remarks

^ Eduard Rübel: Geobotanical Research Institute Rüb. Report on the Geobotanical Research Institute Rübel in Zurich, accessed on July 30, 2020 .
↑ Not to be confused with the abbreviation F. Rubel for the botanist Franz Rubel of the 18th century.
^ ER: Directory of the business and public offices administered by Eduard Rüdel. Reports of the Swiss Botanical Society = Bulletin de la Société Botanique Suisse, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
↑ Member entry of Eduard Rübel at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 23, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Rübel, Eduard August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rübel, Eduard; Rübel-Blass, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss vegetation expert, founder, Zurich Cantonal Council
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	June 24, 1960

[1] Eduard Rübel: Geobotanical Research Institute Rüb. Report on the Geobotanical Research Institute Rübel in Zurich, accessed on July 30, 2020 .

[2] Not to be confused with the abbreviation F. Rubel for the botanist Franz Rubel of the 18th century.

[3] ER: Directory of the business and public offices administered by Eduard Rüdel. Reports of the Swiss Botanical Society = Bulletin de la Société Botanique Suisse, accessed on July 29, 2020 .

[4] Member entry of Eduard Rübel at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 23, 2016.