Eduard Selberg

Batavia and surroundings - Selberg 1846

Eduard Selberg (born February 22, 1811 in Rinteln ; † October 11, 1878 ibid) was a German physician, writer and geographer .

Life

Eduard Selberg was a son of the merchant Ludwig Selberg, who was born in Rinteln around 1780. Eduard Selberg studied from Easter 1832 at the University of Marburg medicine and was in 1836 with his dissertation De Phantasia doctorate . He later worked as a doctor and district physician in Rinteln.

As a geographer and writer, Selberg is best known for his travelogues from Java , which appeared between 1840 and 1846 and which Willem Louis de Sturler (1802–1879) translated into Dutch.

A letter to Johann Gottfried Lüdde has survived from his correspondence .

Fonts

De Phantasia . Dissertatio Inauguralis Physiologico-Medica. Steuberi, Marburg 1836 digitized
About the past and present situation of the island of Java . Literary-Artistic Publishing Institute, Rinteln and Leipzig 1840 digitized
with Willem Louis de Sturler: Over den verledenen en tegenwoordigen toestand van het eiland Java . Oomkens, Groningen 1841 digitized
Trip to Java and trips to the islands of Madura and St. Helena . Stalling, Oldenburg 1846 digitized
with Willem Louis de Sturler: Reis naar Java en bezoek op het eiland Madura . Van Kampen, Amsterdam 1846 digitized

Web links

CERL Thesaurus : Selberg, Eduard
Eduard Selberg in the German biography
Works by and about Eduard Selberg in the German Digital Library
Kalliope network : doctor
Literature by and about Eduard Selberg in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

^ Coat of arms 'Selberg' | Married soldier. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .
^ Directory of teachers and students on the Kurfürstl. State University of Marburg in the summer semester of 1832 with its apartments (digitized version)

personal data
SURNAME	Selberg, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medic, writer and geographer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 22, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rinteln
DATE OF DEATH	October 11, 1878
Place of death	Rinteln

[1] Coat of arms 'Selberg' | Married soldier. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .

[2] Directory of teachers and students on the Kurfürstl. State University of Marburg in the summer semester of 1832 with its apartments (digitized version)