Friedrich Medicus (pomologist)

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Friedrich Karl Medicus (born June 28, 1813 in Landshut , † December 18, 1893 in Wiesbaden ) was a German pomologist .

His grandfather Friedrich Casimir Medicus was an agricultural reformer and director of the botanical garden in Mannheim , his father Ludwig Wallrad Medicus switched to Bavarian services after the Electoral Palatinate was dissolved and was most recently professor of agriculture, forestry and technology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.

Medicus himself studied natural sciences in Munich . He later moved to Wiesbaden , where he joined the Agricultural Institute of the Geisberg estate as a lecturer in 1843 and rose to its director in the course of his career. During his teaching activities he published a. a. from the 2nd edition in 1862, together with Eduard Lucas, his standard work The Doctrine of Fruit Growing was reduced to simple laws. A guide for lectures on fruit culture and for self-teaching at Metzler in Stuttgart .

In his adopted home Wiesbaden, the Protestant Medicus was highly committed to social issues. He served as chairman of the Gustav Adolf Foundation and the Foundation for Teacher Orphans and was also a member of his Protestant parish and the Nassau Association for Natural History.

Works

  • The doctrine of fruit growing, reduced to simple laws. A guide for lectures on fruit growing and for self-teaching . 2nd edition, Verlag der JB Metzler'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1862 (together with Eduard Lucas)
  • Studies on wine culture legislation: initially for the Nassau Rheingau. Publishing bookstore Kreidel & Riedner, Wiesbaden 1855

See also

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , pp. 257-258.
  • Nassau parliamentarians. Part 1: Cornelia Rösner: The Landtag of the Duchy of Nassau 1818–1866 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau. Vol. 59 = Prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. Vol. 16). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-930221-00-4 , No. 159.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schröder-Lembke, Gertrud:  Medicus, Friedrich Casimir. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 598 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Carl Leisewitz:  Medicus, Ludwig Wallrad . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 168-170.
personal data
SURNAME Medicus, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Medicus, Friedrich Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pomologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1893
Place of death Wiesbaden