Ernst Gäumann

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Ernst Albert Gäumann (born October 6, 1893 in Lyss , Canton Bern , Switzerland ; † December 5, 1963 in Zurich ) was a Swiss botanist , mycologist , phytopathologist and university professor. Its botanical author's abbreviation is “ Gäum. ".

Life

After finishing school in Bern, Ernst Gäumann studied botany from 1912 at the University of Bern , where he was awarded a doctorate by Eduard Fischer in 1917 with a thesis on the forms of Peronospora parasitica , a type of mildew . phil. PhD.

After subsequent studies in Sweden at Uppsala University , in North America and in Indonesia , where he headed an agricultural research facility with a plant pathology laboratory, Gäumann worked at the Agricultural Research Institute in Oerlikon from 1922 to 1927 . This was followed by his habilitation at the ETH Zurich .

In 1927 Gäumann was appointed full professor of special botany at the ETH Zurich. Shortly after his appointment, he fell ill with a polio-like disease, the consequences of which he never fully overcame.

Gäumann dealt in particular with questions of plant pathology, whereby his interest was mainly in the clarification of the infection process and the possibilities of defense against infection by the plant. He was a member of the Zurich Masonic Lodge Modestia cum Libertate .

Gäumann was married twice.

  • Marie Emma Hofmann
  • November 1931 with Doris Nanette Wild , with whom he had a son Niklaus Gäumann (* 1937).

Honors and memberships

Fonts (selection)

  • For knowledge of the downy mildew species inhabiting the Chenopodiaceae. In: Mitteilungen der Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern, 1918, pp. 45–66.
  • The chemical composition of the spruce and fir wood in the different seasons. Jena. 1928.
  • with Eduard Fischer: Biology of the plant-dwelling parasitic fungi . 1929.
  • Investigations into the influence of the felling time on the properties of spruce and fir wood. 1930
  • The substance balance of the beech ( Fagus silvatica L.) over the course of a year. Bern 1935.
  • Vegetable infection theory. Textbook of general plant pathology for biologists, farmers, foresters and plant breeders. Basel 1946.
  • The mushrooms. Basics of their development history and morphology. Basel 1949.
  • The rust fungi of Central Europe. With special consideration of Switzerland. Bern 1959.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Fischer: Gäumann, Ernst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 31, 2006 , accessed May 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Gäumann-Wild Doris (1900–1993) Ar 1011. findmittel.ch, accessed on May 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter G. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 17, 2019 (French).
  4. ^ Members of the HAdW since it was founded in 1909. Ernst Gäumann. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, accessed on July 5, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Volume 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Series 3, volume 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 89.
  6. ↑ Member entry by Ernst Gäuman at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 23, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Gäumann, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gäumann, Ernst Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss botanist, mycologist, phytopathologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyss , Canton of Bern , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1963
Place of death Zurich