Friedrich Wilhelm Meves

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Friedrich Wilhelm Meves

Friedrich Wilhelm Meves (born April 14, 1814 in Delligsen , † April 9, 1891 in Stockholm ) was an ornithologist .

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Meves first trained as a pharmacist and then studied at the University of Kiel . At the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in Stockholm he got a position as a conservator in 1842. He was married to Ida Lappe (1812–1890), who translated "King Fjalar" by Johan Ludvig Runeberg into German.

Dedication names

Mevesglanzstar ( Lamprotornis mevesii )

In 1856 Johan August Wahlberg (1810-1856) dedicated the specific epithet of Mevesglanzstars to him , which he described under the Basionym Juida Mevesii . Today it is carried under the scientific name Lamprotornis mevesii .

Works (selection)

  • Bidrag till Jemtlands Ornitologi . In: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar . tape 17 , 1860, p. 187–224 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • Report on a trip to Onega Bay . In: Report on the XVIII. Meeting of the German Ornithological Society in Hanover and Hildesheim June 8-10, 1870 . 1860, p. 56-58 .
  • translated by Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger : New observations and investigations on Swedish birds . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 9 , no. 52 , 1861, pp. 279–289 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • translated by Léon Olphe-Galliard : Poussins dérits par MW Meves . In: Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (=  2 ). tape 16 , 1864, pp. 97-104 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • Bidrag till Sveriges Ornithologi. Counseling omen resa tili Öland och Skâne . In: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar . tape 25 , 1868, p. 251-293 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • translated by Ferdinand von Droste zu Hülshoff : Contribution to Sweden's ornithology . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 17 , no. 100 , 1869, pp. 390–392 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • Ornithologiska iakttagelser, tili större delen samlade under en resa i Nordvestra Ryssland, summer 1869 . In: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar . tape 28 , 1871, p. 731-788 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • Breeding grounds for rare European birds . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 23 , no. 132 , 1875, pp. 428-434 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • Forteckning öfver de foglar: som pa den svenska expeditions till Jenisei 1876 insamlades eller observerades af Hjalmar Théel . In: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar . tape 36 , no. 6 , 1879, p. 27-45 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • The size and color of the eyes of all European birds, as well as the species occurring in the palaearctic region, in a systematic order according to Carl J. Sundevall's attempt at a natural classification of the bird class . Wilhelm Schlueter, Halle 1884.
  • About amitotic nucleus division in the spermatogonia of the salamander and behavior of the sphere of attraction in the salamander . In: Anatomischer Anzeiger . tape 6 , no. 22 , 1891, p. 626–639 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).

literature

  • Oskar Theodor Sandahl: † Friedrich Wilhelm Meves . In: Entomologisk tidskrift . tape 12 , 1891, p. 81-86 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • Julius Victor Carus: Staff Notes. Necrolog . In: Zoologischer Anzeiger . tape 14 , 1891, p. 436 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).
  • Ludwig Gebhardt: The ornithologists of Central Europe. A reference work . Brühlscher Verlag, Gießen 1964, p. 239 .
  • Johann August Wahlberg: Mr. JA Wahlberg resa i Södra Africa . In: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar . tape 13 , 1856, pp. 173-175 ( online [accessed March 7, 2013]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oskar Theodor Sandahl, p. 81
  2. ^ Gordon Gordh, David Headrick: A Dictionary of Entomology . CABI, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84593-542-9 , pp. 881 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ^ Johann August Wahlberg, p. 174
personal data
SURNAME Meves, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Delligsen
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1891
Place of death Stockholm