Friedrich Wimmer (botanist)
Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (born October 30, 1803 in Breslau ; † March 12, 1868 there ) was a German botanist , classical philologist and pedagogue . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Wimm. "
Life
Wimmer was a school councilor and director of the royal Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Breslau.
As a botanist, he devoted himself particularly intensively to the species of willow ( Salix ).
Wimmer was admitted to the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Sciences on October 15, 1841 .
As a classical philologist, Wimmer studied the phytological writings of Aristotle and Theophrastus and published a collection of the fragments of Theophrastus.
In 1862 he edited the 3rd edition of Wilhelm Scharenberg's Handbook for Sudeten Travelers with special consideration for friends of the natural sciences and visitors to Silesian mineral springs.
Honors
The plant genus Wimmeria Schltdl. & Cham. from the spindle tree family (Celastraceae) has been named in his honor.
Fonts (selection)
- together with Heinrich Emanuel Grabowski : Flora Silesiae . (1827-1829).
- Flora of Silesia . 1832.
- Flora of Silesia Prussian and Austrian Antheils . 1840 (2nd edition 1844, 3rd edition 1857).
- Phytologiae Aristoteliae fragmenta . 1838.
- Salices europaeae . 1866.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Wimmer, Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 56th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1888, p. 228 ( digitized version ).
- Ernst Wunschmann: Wimmer, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 319-321.
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Friedrich Wimmer (botanist) at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ See author's abbreviation entry. In: Meyers Konversationslexikon , 4th edition. 1885-1892
- ↑ a b Death Report - Internet Archive In: Leopoldina , Heft 7, 1871–1872, p. 8.
- ↑ digitized version
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wimmer, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wimmer, Christian Friedrich Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist, classical philologist and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1868 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |