Georg Heinrich Mettenius
Georg Heinrich Mettenius (born November 24, 1823 in Frankfurt am Main , † August 18, 1866 in Leipzig ) was a German botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Mett. "
Live and act
Mettenius was the child of a wealthy Frankfurt merchant family and received a good education. In 1841 he began to study medicine at the University of Heidelberg and received his doctorate there in 1845. He then returned to Frankfurt and took up work as a general practitioner there after the state examination . Influenced by Georg Fresenius , he began botanical studies and in 1846 undertook a botanical study trip to the Adriatic via Heligoland, Berlin and Vienna .
In 1848 he qualified as a lecturer in botany in Heidelberg, in 1850 he came to Freiburg as a professor of botany and in 1853 he became a full professor at the University of Leipzig and director of the Botanical Garden of the University of Leipzig , which he reorganized. In 1852 he was elected a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences . He was an honorary doctor of the University of Leipzig.
Mettenius married a daughter of Alexander Braun . On August 18, 1866, he died as one of the first victims of a cholera epidemic.
Mettenius' main area of expertise was ferns .
Honors
Hermann Karsten honored him in 1859 by naming the genus Metteniusa , the only genus in the Metteniusaceae family. Also the plant genus Mettenia Griseb. from the family of the milkweed plants (Euphorbiaceae) is named after Mettenius.
Fonts
- Contributions to the knowledge of the Azolls . 1836
- De Salvinia . 1845
- Azolla nilotica de Caisne . Vienna 1845, doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.15759
- Contribution to the knowledge of the rhizocarpes . Frankfurt am Main S. Schmerber'schen Buchhandlung, 1846
- Contributions to botany . Heidelberg, E. Mohr, 1850 Online: 1st issue
- Filices horti botanici lipsiensis: the ferns of the botanical garden in Leipzig . Leipzig, Voss, 1856
- with R. Hohenacker Filices Lechlerianae Chilenses ac Peruanae , Lipsiae (Leipzig), L. Voss, 1856-1859 - Vol. 1 ; Vol. 2
- About some species of fern - Printed from the treatises of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society in Frankfurt am Main . Frankfurt am Main, HL Brönner, 1857-1859
- On the construction of Angiopetris , from the treatises of the mathematical-physical class of the Royal Saxon Society of Scientists, Vol. VI. Leipzig, Hirzel, 1863
- About the Hymenophyllaceae - Treatises of the mathematical-physical class of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences. Vol. VII . Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1864
- with other voyages of the Austrian frigate Novara around the earth in the years 1857, 1858, 1859 under the orders of Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair . Botanical Part, Volume One: Spore Plants, Vienna, 1870
- C (äcilie) Mettenius: Alexander Braun's life according to his handwritten estate . Berlin, Reimer G., 1882
swell
- Anton de Bary : Mettenius, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 523 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the SAW: Georg Mettenius. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 14, 2016 .
- ↑ 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 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Georg Heinrich Mettenius at the IPNI
- Overview of the courses taught by Georg Heinrich Mettenius at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1852 to winter semester 1866)
- Georg Heinrich Mettenius in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mettenius, Georg Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mettenius, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1866 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |