Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer also Ferdinand (and Fedor Bogdanović Fischer (Fišer)) (born February 20, 1782 (1780) in Halberstadt , † June 17, 1854 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Prussian- Russian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Fisch. "
Live and act
Von Fischer was director of the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden from 1823 to 1850. From 1832 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1837 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
He published numerous scientific papers; many together with partners like Carl Anton von Meyer . He was also a member of the editorial team of the botanical journal Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe published by Louis van Houtte .
Taxa named after Fischer
The German botanist Kurt Sprengel named the plant genus Fischera from the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae) in his honor .
Works
- Contribution to botanical systematics ... , 1812
- Enumeratio plantarum novarum a cl. Schrenk lectarum , together with Carl Anton von Meyer , 1841–1842
- Sertum petropolitanum , together with Carl Anton von Meyer, 1846–1852
- Synopsis Astragalorum tragacantharum , 1853
Portraits
- Portrait of Friedrich Ernst Ludwig (von) Fischer , based on the life of v. F. Kruger. // pressure v. Charles Fuchs , Hamburg, around 1845, 410 × 256 mm, ( online , digital portrait index, photo archive photo Marburg )
- Portrait of Helene Fischer , based on the life of v. FA Hornemann . // Pressure. v. Charles Fuchs, Hamburg, around 1845, 327 × 249 mm, ( online , digital portrait index, photo archive photo Marburg )
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ Axel Frey: Biographical Index of Russia and the Soviet Union. 1: A – E , Sauer, 2005, ISBN 3-598-347-16-2 , p. 610.
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 23, 2015 .
- ^ Wilhelm Neubert: Van Houtte's price list and his Flore des Serres et des Jardins de L'Europe. In: German magazine for garden and flower science - magazine for garden and flower friends, and gardeners. Volume 6, Hoffmann'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1853, p. 369.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Dutch botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halberstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1854 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |