Friedrich Katter
Friedrich Karl Albert Katter (born December 11, 1842 in Groß-Bünzow , † April 22, 1913 in Lugano ) was a German teacher and entomologist .
Life
Friedrich Karl Albert Katter studied mathematics, natural sciences and modern languages at the universities of Greifswald and Berlin after receiving his secondary school leaving certificate in Anklam and was later awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . Michaelis In 1869 he was employed as a scientific assistant teacher at the Progymnasium and later grammar school in Dramburg and after passing the examen pro facultate docendi in 1870. Michaelis in 1873 he was transferred to the Putbus pedagogy . Katter was appointed senior teacher Michaelis in 1886 and professor at Easter 1893. Michaelis he retired in 1907 and has since lived in Moritzburg in the Kingdom of Saxony and later in Groß-Lichterfelde near Berlin.
As an entomologist, he worked on the genus Meloe from the family of the oil beetle (Meloidae) and was the first to describe the taxon Meloe carnicus Katter in 1885.
In 1875 he founded the specialist journal Entomologische Nachrichten , which he edited until mid-1884 and which was then continued by Ferdinand Karsch .
On February 7, 1881, Friedrich Karl Albert Katter was accepted as a member ( matriculation no. 2303 ) of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
On the occasion of his retirement in 1907 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class.
Fonts (selection)
- About the resultant of two algebraic equations . I. Part. About the results of two equations of the nth degree . Knaak, Putbus 1875 ( digitized version )
- Monograph of the europ. Species of the genus Meloe with special reference to the biology of these insects . In: Entomologische Nachrichten, 9, 7/8, 1883, pp. 85–114 ( digitized version )
- Monograph of the europ. Species of the genus Meloe with special reference to the biology of these insects. II. Part. Description of the species . Supplement to the annual report of the Royal Pedagogy zu Putbus on the school year 1884–85, Dornblüth, Bernburg 1885 ( digitized version )
literature
- Franz Kössler: Katter, Friedrich . In: Personal lexicon of 19th century teachers : professional biographies from school annual reports and school programs 1825–1918 with lists of publications, volume: Kaak - Kysaeus, preprint, status: December 18, 2007, Giessen University Library, Giessener Electronic Library, Giessen 2008 ( PDF )
- Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 214 ( archive.org ).
Web links
- Member entry of Friedrich Karl Albert Katter at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Literature by and about Friedrich Katter in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katter, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Katter, Friedrich Karl Albert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groß-Bünzow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1913 |
| Place of death | Lugano |