Friederike Lienig

Friederike Lienig , born Berg (born November 27 ^{. Jul} / 8. December  1790 ^greg. In Forstei Dubena ; † 7. June 1855 in Dresden ) was a German-Baltic Lepidopterologin (Butterfly Kund activist).

Life

The chief forester's daughter Friederike Berg received home tuition and married the pastor in Kokenhusen Georg Friedrich Lienig († 1847) on August 18, 1827 . As a widow, she first lived in Halle (Saale) , then in Dresden.

Through self-study and guidance, especially from Philipp Christoph Zeller , she became an excellent expert on the butterfly fauna in Livonia and Courland . She corresponded with numerous entomologists in Germany and from 1836 was a member of the Kurland Society for Literature and Art in Mitau as well as the Entomological Society in Stettin and the Society Isis in Dresden.

Four species of butterflies are named after Lienig.

Publications

• Systematic directory of butterflies Kur- u. Lievlands. In: Broadcasts of the Kurland Society for Literature and Art Volume 1, No. 14, Mitau 1839, pp. 117–119.
• with Philipp Christoph Zeller : Lepidopterological fauna of Livonia and Curland. In: Isis von Oken 1846, pp. 175-302 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Friederike Lienig. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
• The natural scientist Friederike Lienig, b. Mountain. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Naturhistorische Zeitung Volume 1, 1846, pp. 303-304
• Eduard Vogel : Friederike Lienig. ISIS necrology. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Naturhistorische Zeitung NF Volume 2, 1856, literary sheet pp. 71–76

Individual evidence

1. ^ Work of the Natural Scientists Association in Riga , Edition 2, Riga 1868, pp. 28–30.
2. ^ Wilhelm Engelmann : Bibliotheca historico-naturalis , Volume 1, Leipzig 1846, p. 494 .