Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss

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Ferdinand Krauss, around 1860

Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss , called Ferdinand Krauss, (born July 9, 1812 in Stuttgart , † September 14, 1890 ibid) was a German botanist and malacologist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " C. Krauss ".

Life

After an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Stuttgart, Krauss was a pharmacist's assistant in Heilbronn, Göppingen, Zurich and Aubonne. He then studied pharmacy in Tübingen and Heidelberg and received his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1836. From 1837 to 1840 he explored the flora of Cape Land and Natal as the companion of Baron Carl Ferdinand Heinrich von Ludwig .

He was a supervisor and professor at the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart (Department of Zoology, Mineralogy) and, in 1890, its director.

In 1844 he was instrumental in founding the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg .

In 1847 he became a member of the Leopoldina . In 1880 he was ennobled. His herbarium came partly to the British Museum ( Natural History Museum ), partly to the Stuttgart Natural History Museum .

He also dealt with mollusks, including the first description of Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss 1848) from him.

Honors

In his honor is the Kraussia Harv plant genus . from the family of the redness plants named (Rubiaceae). The plant species Cycnium kraussianum Benth. and Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun were named after him.

literature

  • Jan-Peter Frahm , Jens Eggers, Lexicon of German-speaking bryologists, Norderstedt 2001
  • Karl Dietrich Adam : From the 200 year history of the Stuttgart Natural History Museum. Stuttgart: State Museum for Natural History, 1991, pdf .
  • Oscar Fraas : Necrology by Dr. Ferdinand v. Krauss. In: Annuals of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , vol. 47, E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1891, pp. XXXV-XXXVIII, pdf .
  • M. Gunn, LEW Codd: Botanical exploration of southern Africa, Cape Town, Botanical Research Institute and Balkema 1981, pp. 210-212
  • AC van Bruggen: Ferdinand Krauss and the Leiden Museum, with notes on his South African Mollusk types, Proc. 9. Internat. Malacological Congress, Edinburgh 1986, 1992, pp. 77-96
  • DG Herbert, A. Warén: South African Mollucsa described by Ferdinand Krauss: their current status and notes on type material housed in the Naturhistoriska Riiksmuseet, Stockholm, Annals of the Natal Museum, 40, 1999, pp. 205–243
  • Ulrich Schmid: A passionate collector. Ferdinand von Krauss, Ferdinand von Müller and the Stuttgart Natural History Cabinet. In: Schwäbische Heimat 2017/3, pp. 279–285.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Ferdinand von Krauss
  2. ^ Family Mytilidae
  3. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krauss, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and malacologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1890
Place of death Stuttgart