Emil Issler

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Emil Issler ( French Émile Issler ; born September 12, 1872 in Horburg ; † September 1, 1952 ) was an Alsatian, German, later French botanist and pioneer of plant sociology . His botanical author abbreviation is " Issler ".

Life

The son of a farmer was initially a primary school teacher in Münster and Strasbourg and later studied in Bonn and Berlin . He then became a secondary school teacher in Colmar , where he remained in school until his retirement.

In addition to his job, Issler was a botanist and one of the founders of the plant sociologist in the Upper Rhine and Vosges region . He was also a profound expert on the vegetation of Alsace and the Vosges. Excursions took him to Corsica, Romania and Italy. Issler was an excellent florist who dealt, among other things, with difficult clans such as the genera Chenopodium , Pulmonaria or Sorbus . He was a participant in the international botanist congresses in Paris in 1900 and Amsterdam in 1935.

Honors and memberships

Fonts

  • The vegetation of the meadows and pastures of the rear Münster- and Kaysersbergertals - attempt of a description of the meadow u. Willow flora of the high Vosges on a plant-geographical basis. Colmar: Strassburger Druckerei u. Verlagsanst., 1913. 174 pp.
  • Guide through the flora of the Central Vosges - An introduction to the vegetation conditions of the Upper Vosges. Leipzig: Engelmann, 1909, 64 pp.
  • The associations végétales des Vosges méridionales et de la plaine rhénane avoisinante. Vol. 1 (1924) Vol. 2 (1929).
  • Vegetation science of the Vosges. Jena: G. Fischer, 1942. 192 pp.
  • Detailed list of publications in Mitt. Bad. Regional association new episodes 4 and 6 (see literature)

literature

  • Hermann Schurhammer (1944): Emil Ißler 70 years old. In: Communications from the Badisches Landesverein für Naturkunde und Naturschutz NF 4 1939–1944, pp. 432–436. Freiburg [1] (PDF; 66.0 MB)
  • Erich Oberdorfer (1954): Emil Issler † . In: Communications of the Badisches Landesverein für Naturkunde und Naturschutz NF 6 1953–1956, pp. 52–54. Freiburg. [2] (PDF; 63.0 MB)

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personal data
SURNAME Issler, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Issler, Émile; Issler (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Alsatian botanist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Horburg
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1952