Friedrich Wilhelm Kesselring
Friedrich Wilhelm Kesselring (* 1876 in St. Petersburg , † 1966 in Darmstadt ) was a German- Russian botanist and head of the Botanical Garden in Darmstadt .
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm Kesselring was born as the son of Wilhelm Kesselring in 1876. He was the grandson of Eduard August von Regel , who was director of the famous Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg from 1855 to 1892 and who also owned an important horticultural business. Friedrich was also the grandson of Jakob Kesselring, the co-owner of the Regelschen company in St. Petersburg.
Friedrich Wilhelm Kesselring received his training at the Institute for Horticulture, Fruit Cultivation and Pomology in Reutlingen , where he graduated with honors as the best student in 1896. Then he stayed in various larger gardens in Europe. He finally returned to St. Petersburg and in 1909 became director and co-owner of the Pomological Institute of the nursery Regel and Kesselring. Through his connections he was able to build up a rich collection of perennials from the Caucasus , Turkestan , Siberia and Manchuria .
During the Russian Revolution , Kesselring lost its business and all of its fortune. He finally fled via the Baltic States to Switzerland , where his grandfather Jakob Kesselring came from. In 1922 he was brought to Munich by Karl Ritter von Goebel . There Kesselring looked after the Alpinum and the garden dependence on Schachen in the Alps. On the mediation of Goebel he succeeded Joseph Anton Purpus as inspector in the Botanical Garden Darmstadt in 1926 . Kesselring was the author of numerous treatises on botanical questions. He was particularly active in the period between 1925 and 1928, when he wrote numerous articles in the journal Gartenflora founded by his grandfather Eduard August von Regel . Kesselring is described as a humble man with extensive knowledge of plants and deep piety.
Kesselring retired in 1947 at the age of 71. Until his death in 1966 he lived in a small garden house on the western edge of the Botanical Garden in Darmstadt.
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (March 17, 1961)
literature
- Stefan Schneckenburger: Of gardens, people and plants , in: Botany at the TU Darmstadt 1814-1970 , Darmstadt 2005, pp. 47–86.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kesselring, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and head of the Botanical Garden in Darmstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |