Ernst Friedrich Berger
Ernst Friedrich Berger (born May 2, 1814 in Römhild ; † August 13, 1853 in Sickershausen ) was a German landowner and botanist . His botanical author's abbreviation is " Berger ".
Life
Ernst Friedrich Berger founded and ran a plant, barter and sales establishment from 1847 in the former estate of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in Sickershausen near Kitzingen .
On May 11, 1851, he was elected member (matriculation no. 1625) of the Leopoldina with the academic surname Wibel II . He was a member of the Royal Bavarian Botanical Society in Regensburg and the Natural History Association in Nuremberg .
In his honor, Wilhelm Heinrich Schaffner named the plant genus Bergeria W.Schaffner from the skin fern family in 1857 .
Fonts
- Catalogus Herbarii or complete listing of the phanerogamic and cryptogamic plants in Germany. Part I. Voigt & Mocker, Würzburg 1841 digitized
- Catalogus Herbarii or complete listing of the phanerogamic and cryptogamic plants in Germany. Part II. Voigt & Mocker, Würzburg 1843 digitized
- Catalogus Herbarii or complete listing of the phanerogamic and cryptogamic plants in Germany. Part III. Voigt & Mocker, Würzburg 1846 digitized
- Catalogus Herbarii or complete listing of the phanerogamic and cryptogamic plants in Germany. Part IV. Voigt & Mocker, Würzburg 1843 digitized
- Prospectus of an institution for the purchase of plants in any individual species. In: Flora. 30, Regensburg 1847, pp. 215-216 ( archive.org ).
- Sales establishment for plants in any individual species. In: Flora. 31, Regensburg 1848, pp. 204-208 ( archive.org ).
- Third directory of Ernst Berger's plant sales institute in Sickenhausen near Kitzingen a. M. In: Flora. 33, Regensburg 1850, pp. 154-160 ( archive.org ).
- with Adalbert Schnizlein : The determination of garden plants in a systematic way: a guide to easily and safely find the distinguishing features of the most excellent plants in gardens, greenhouses and plants, together with information on the author, duration, culture and fatherland in the alphabetical register; for botanists, gardeners and gardeners. Palm and Enke, Erlangen 1855 Digitized
literature
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 276 ( archive.org ).
Web links
- Member entry of Ernst Friedrich Berger at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on March 1, 2018.
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Ernst Friedrich Berger at the IPNI
- Works by and about Ernst Friedrich Berger in the German Digital Library
- Writings by Berger, Ernst in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Kalliope network: Berger, Ernst (1814–1853).
- Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Berger, Ernst Friedrich.
- City Museum Kitzingen (Main-Post May 12, 2017): Photo Landgut Sickershausen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Index of Eponymic Plant Names. Index de Noms Eponymes des Genres Botaniques. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin, Berlin 2016, p. B-38 digitized version (PDF).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Ernst Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wibel II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landowner and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Römhild |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1853 |
| Place of death | Sickershausen |