Friedrich Tischler (ornithologist)

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Friedrich Tischler and Rose Kowalski

Friedrich Tischler (born June 2, 1881 in Losgehnen ; † January 29, 1945 ibid) was a German ornithologist, son of the landlord of Losgehnen ( Bartenstein district , Polish Lusiny) Oscar Tischler (1843-1891) and brother of the botanist Georg Tischler ( 1878-1955).

Live and act

Friedrich Tischler was married to Rose Kowalski (1884–1945).

Friedrich Tischler studied law in Königsberg , Leipzig and Munich . After graduating, he was appointed magistrate in Heilsberg . Since 1908 he was a member of the German Ornithological Society . He spent his vacation in the zoological institute of the Königsberg Albertina or in the ornithological station on the Curonian Spit . He wrote two monumental works on the birds of East Prussia: "The birds of the province of East Prussia" (1914) and the two-volume work "The birds of East Prussia and its neighboring areas" (1941). He also wrote many treatises. The third work, ready for printing, was destroyed during the bombardment of Königsberg.

For his services, he was appointed "External Scientific Member" by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science , and the Albertus University in Königsberg awarded him an honorary doctorate.

Before the Soviet troops marched in in the winter of 1945, the Tischler couple committed suicide on January 29th.

Dedication names

Otto Kleinschmidt called 1917 Parus borealis tischleri , now a synonym for the chickadees subtype ( poecile montanus borealis ), 1935 Corvus Coloeus tischleri , now a synonym for the jackdaws subtype ( Coloeus monedula soemmerringii ). In Accipiter tischleri the Kleinschmidt in 1938 described, it is a synonym for the goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis ).

Works

  • The birds of the province of East Prussia: Springer-Verlag, 2013
  • The birds of East Prussia and its neighboring areas: Hennecke, 2002: ISBN 3927981761

literature

  • Christoph Hinkelmann : Friedrich Tischler (1881-1945) - author of the excellent overview of the birds of East Prussia . In: Sheets from the Naumann Museum . tape 19 , 2000, pp. 44-58 .
  • Walther Killy: Dictionary of German Biography . 10: Thibaut-Zycha. KG Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-598-23290-9 ( books.google.de ).
  • Otto Kleinschmidt: About the war collection of Messrs. Bacmeister, Schlüter, Rüdiger, Dennler u. a. In: Falco: magazine published irregularly after the work "Berajah, Zoographia infinita" . tape 13 , 1917, pp. 20-24 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Otto Kleinschmidt: The form circles Jackdaw Corvus Coloeus (Kl.) . In: Berajah, Zoographia infinita . 1935, p. 1-4, panels I-VI .
  • Otto Kleinschmidt: The form races of the German hawks (I) . In: Falco: magazine published irregularly after the work "Berajah, Zoographia infinita" . tape 34 , 1938, pp. 5-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Kleinschmidt (1917), p. 23.
  2. ↑ Otto Kleinschmidt (1935).
  3. ↑ Otto Kleinschmidt (1938), p. 5.
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Walk away
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1945
Place of death Walk away