Eugen Ferdinand von Homeyer

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Eugen Ferdinand von Homeyer (born November 11, 1809 in Nerdin , † May 31, 1889 in Stolp ) was a German ornithologist . He is considered the founder of scientific ornithology in Pomerania .

origin

His parents were the Oberamtmann Gottlieb von Homeyer (1765–1847) and his wife Dorothea Siebmann . His father received imperial nobility in 1797 and was a co-owner of Brechen and leaseholder of the Nerdin farm near Anklam.

Life

Eugen Ferdinand von Homeyer devoted himself to agriculture on his father's estate and began to make scientific observations and to set up collections.

He married in 1840, and in 1852 he bought the Warbelow estate (now Warblewo) near Stolp, where he had a spacious landscaped park laid out. He sold it after the death of his wife in 1873 and then lived in Stolp, where he devoted himself to the natural sciences and especially to ornithology.

He corresponded with European ornithologists, participated with great expertise in ornithological disputes and brought together an important collection of European bird species. He undertook numerous research trips, together with Alfred Brehm , made possible by his acquaintance with Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary , to the lower Danube. Homeyer was a founding member of the German Ornithological Society and its president until 1883. In 1884 Homeyer was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

After his death, his collection of 20,000 bird skins came to the Natural History Museum in Braunschweig.

His nephew Alexander von Homeyer was also an ornithologist.

family

He married Philippine Ladewig (1814–1872) in Schwichtenberg in 1840 . The couple had a son and a daughter:

  • Eugen Karl Philipp (born September 28, 1843) ⚭ 1881 Mathilde Sophie Karoline Nahl (born June 11, 1846)
  • Klara (born June 14, 1852) ⚭ 1874 Paul von Zitzewitz (born October 5, 1845), Herr auf Dumröse

Fonts

  • Systematic overview of the birds of Pomerania . Anklam 1837.
  • Germany's mammals and birds, their benefits and their harm . Frankfurt a. M. 1877.
  • Woodpeckers and their value in a forestry relationship . 1879.
  • Trip to Helgoland, the North Sea islands of Sylt, Lyst etc. 1880.
  • Ornithological letters . Berlin 1881.
  • The migrations of the birds . Leipzig 1881.
  • Directory of birds in Germany . Vienna 1885.
  • Eugen Ferdinand von Homeyer: The Caucasian flycatcher Muscicapa semitorquata nov. sp. In: Journal for the entire ornithology . tape 2 , 1885, p. 185-186, panel X ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Karl-Heinz Pagel: The district of Stolp in Pomerania - evidence of its German past . P. 1008
  2. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1903, fourth year, p.973
personal data
SURNAME Homeyer, Eugen Ferdinand von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Nerd
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1889
Place of death Stumble