Fritz Pfuhl

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School building of the Maria Magdalena High School in Poznan

Friedrich (Fritz) Karl Adolph Pfuhl (born May 20, 1853 in Pyritz , † July 16, 1913 in Misdroy ) was a German teacher and botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Pfuhl ".

Life

Fritz Pfuhl attended the Royal Friedrich Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Poznan and passed the school leaving examination in February 1873. He then studied at the University of Berlin chemistry, botany and ancient languages and in 1878 at the University of Giessen Dr. phil. PhD .

In May 1878 Fritz Pfuhl was permanently employed as a teacher at the Mariengymnasium in Posen.

The Royal Academy in Poznan

From autumn 1903 he worked in addition to his teaching at the grammar school as a professor at the Royal Academy in Posen .

Fritz Pfuhl founded the journal of the Natural Science Association of the Province of Posen, as well as the scientific collection of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Posen. The Herbarium included in 1913 it already has 30,000 documents. At the Mariengymnasium he created a much-noticed plant garden based on his biological method.

On January 6, 1904, Friedrich (Fritz) Karl Adolph Pfuhl was appointed to the botany section with matriculation no. Elected to the Leopoldina in 3173 .

Fonts

  • On the anatomy of the genera Brassica , Sinapis , Raphanus and Raphanistrum . Inaugural dissertation at the University of Giessen, Merzbach, Posen 1878 ( digitized version )
  • The nature-describing lessons at the grammar school . Posen 1889 ( digitized version )
  • What tasks does the textbook have to solve in natural history lessons? Posen 1893 ( digitized version )
  • The plant garden at Marien-Gymnasium in its current state . Posen 1893 ( digitized version )
  • The lessons in botany are determined by the way of life of the plant . Teubner, Leipzig 1902 ( digitized version )
  • How the soil of our province was created and what it tells us about its prehistory. A geological sketch . Poznan 1912 ( digitized version )
  • Didactics and methodology of natural history . Beck, Munich 1913

literature

  • Karl von Fritsch (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 40th issue. On commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1904, p. 1 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • W. Könnemann: Professor Dr. Pfuhl † . In: Historical monthly sheets for the province of Posen , 14, 9, Posen 1913, pp. 137-138 ( digitized version )
  • Albert Wangerin : Nekrolog Professor Dr. Pfuhl MAN In: Albert Wangerin (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 49th issue. On commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1913, p. 88 ( archive.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Pfuhl, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfuhl, Friedrich; Pfuhl, Friedrich Karl Adolph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyritz
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1913
Place of death Miedzyzdroje