Friedrich Grabowsky
Friedrich Johann Grabowsky (born January 27, 1857 in Marggrabowa ( East Prussia ), † January 26, 1929 in Breslau ), sometimes called Fritz Grabowsky, was a German zoologist , ethnographer , cave researcher and collector of bird hides .
Live and act
In 1881 and 1882 Grabowsky undertook his first research trips to Borneo , Java , India and Ceylon . In 1885 he founded the "Samoa Harbor" research station in the German Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land protected area in New Guinea and conducted ornithological studies. From 1891 he worked for Wilhelm Blasius as an assistant and inspector. At that time he founded a cave museum in Rübeland ( Harz ). In addition, he wrote for Carl R. Hennicke's work Naumann: Natural History of the Birds of Central Europe ("The New Naumann") the article about the bee-eater . In 1898 he wrote a treatise on the Lübbensteine , Neolithic graves near Helmstedt . In 1901 he became director of the Wroclaw Zoological Garden . The bird yield sent by Grabowsky to Königsberg was scientifically described by Blasius. His bellows collections from Hatzfeldhafen (1886/1887) and from Sepik (1887) are in the Berlin Zoological Museum .
On June 28, 1901 ( matriculation number 3146 ) he was elected a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
Fonts
- About expressions of spiritual life among the Olo Ngadju in south-east Borneo. In: Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde, vol. 38, no.5.4, Martinus Nijhoff, 's-Gravenhage 1889, pp. 144–152 ( archive )
- Family, relatives and friendship with the Olo Ngadju in SO Borneo . In: Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde, vol. 38, no.5.4, Martinus Nijhoff, 's-Gravenhage 1889, pp. 463–466 ( archive )
literature
- Anonymous: Staff news. Wroclaw. In: The Zoological Garden (NF). Volume 1, 1929, 452.
- Ludwig Gebhardt: The ornithologists of Central Europe . AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim 2006, ISBN 3-89104-680-4
Web links
- Friedrich Grabowsky's membership entry at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on January 12, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grabowsky, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grabowsky, Fritz; Grabowsky, Friedrich Johann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, ethnographer, cave researcher and collector of bird hides |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marggrabowa ( East Prussia ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1929 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |