Emil Goeldi
Emil August Goeldi (born August 28, 1859 in Ennetbühl , St. Gallen , † July 5, 1917 in Zurich ) was a Swiss naturalist and mainly worked in Brazil . There he is known under the name Emílio Goeldi .
Life
Goeldi was a student of Ernst Haeckel and came to Brazil from Switzerland as early as 1880. He initially worked for a short time at the Museu Nacional before thoroughly reorganizing the Museum of Natural History and Folklore of the State of Pará in Belém, which was founded in 1866 at the invitation of the governor . The institution now bears his name: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi . In 1895 he discovered the cave graves of an extinct Indian tribe on an expedition.
Goeldi is known for his studies of Brazilian birds and mammals . He returned to Switzerland in 1905.
Goeldi has collected over 13,000 animals for museums, which have been preserved in a wide variety of ways. Among them are numerous new descriptions, animal species that he newly discovered. The largest remaining part of the collection is in the Natural History Museum of the civic community of Bern (Switzerland).
Works
- Göldi - Göldli - Göldlin. Contribution to the knowledge of the history of a Swiss family. Polygraphisches Institut, Zurich 1902 ( digitized version )
- The animal world of Switzerland in the present and in the past. Volume I. Vertebrates . Francke, Bern 1914 ( digitized version )
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literature
- Vinzenz Ziswiler : Göldi, Emil August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 515 ( digitized version ).
Fonts
- Emil Göldi: Natural wonders of the island of Marajo in the Amazon River, part 1 . In: Switzerland, Vol. 4, 1900, pp. 546–551.
- Emil Göldi: Natural wonders of the island of Marajo in the Amazon River, part 2 . In: Switzerland, Vol. 4, 1900, pp. 559–592.
- Emil Göldi: The geographical distribution of the deer (Cerviden) in South America. In: Communication from the Natural Research Society, Vol. 1912, pp. 284-300.
- Theodor Studer: Emil Goeldi (1859–1917) In: Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Vol. 99, 1917, pp. 36–41.
Web links
- Literature by and about Emil Goeldi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
- Biography about Emil Goeldi
Individual evidence
- ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 1, page 631
- ↑ 1895 cave digger
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goeldi, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goeldi, Emil August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss naturalist and mainly active in Brazil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ennetbühl |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1917 |
| Place of death | Zurich |