Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (botanist)
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (born May 31, 1755 in Etzelwang ; † June 28, 1829 in Hersbruck ) was a German doctor , botanist and entomologist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Panz. "
Life
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer is the son of the German bibliographer Georg Wolfgang Panzer . He practiced as a doctor in Hersbruck and Nuremberg. In addition, he was a botanist and had a herbarium rich in species.
In 1786 Panzer was accepted into the Academy of Non-Profit Science in Erfurt and in 1789 into the Leopoldina . He was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . From 1806 he was a full member of the Imperial Moscow Society of Naturalists .
In 1792 Panzer's entomological work Faunae Insectorum Germanicae initia was published , for which he used 100 hand-colored copper plates that were made between 1791 and 1792 by the engraver Jacob Sturm . In the following 20 years 109 parts of the Faunae Insectorum with 2,640 plates by Jacob Sturm appeared.
Dedication names
The plant genera Panzeria J.F.Gmel are named after Panzer . from the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) and Panzerina Soják of the family Labiatae (Lamiaceae).
Fonts (selection)
- as an author
- Observationum Botanicarum specimen . Schneider, Nuremberg 1781. Archives
- Contribution to the history of the East Indian bread tree. Compiled with a systematic description of the same from both the old and newer news and descriptions . Raspe, Nuremberg 1783.
- De dolore . Hessel, Altdorf 1777 (also dissertation, University of Altdorf ).
- Attempt of a natural history of the deciduous and liverwort according to Schmidelschen - Schreberschen and Hedwig's observations . Raspe, Nuremberg 1787.
- Faunae Insectorum Americes Borealis prodomus . Felsecker, Nuremberg 1794.
- Germany's Insect Faune or entomological paperback for 1795 . Felsecker, Nuremberg 1795.
- Systematic nomenclature based on Jacob Schäffer's naturally painted illustrations of Regensburg insects = J. Schaefferi iconum insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum enumeratio systematica opera et studio . Palm, Erlangen 1804. Archives
- Critical revision of the insect fauna of Germany , Felsecker, Nürnberg 1805 (2 vols.)
- Ideas for a future revision of the grass genera . Munich 1813 (reprint from files of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences ; Vol. 4 ).
- as editor
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Faunae Insectorum Germanicae Initia, or Germany's Insects, Vol. 1–110 . New edition Manz, Regensburg 1829ff (with 2640 copper plates by Jacob Sturm)
- Index entomologicus sistens omnes insectorum species in "Fauna Insectorum Germanica Descriptas" . Felsecker, Nuremberg 1813.
- Gottlieb August Herrich-Schäffer : Faunae Insectorum Germanicae Initia or Germany's Insects, Vol. 111–191 . Manz, Regensburg 1829/44.
- Edward Saunders: Index to Panzer's "Fauna Insectorum Germaniae" . Gurney & Jackson, London 1888.
- Contributions to the history of the insects = Symbolae Entomologicae . Palm, Erlangen 1802.
literature
- Brigitte Hoppe : Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 42 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Hess : Panzer, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 134.
- Viro annis meritisque summe venerabili Georgio Wolfgango Panzero theolog. Et philosoph. doctori, Pastori et Disapositori ad div.Sebaldi Societatis Florigerae ad Pegnesum Praesidi parenti suo optimo quinquagesimum muneris sacri annum pia mente congratulations simulque quaedam de D. Ioanne Georgio Volcamero iubilaeo muneris physici reip. Norimberg . Nuremberg 1802 (with letters from Herman Boerhaave and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Continued under the title Entomological Pocket Book for Beginners and Lovers .
Web links
- Works by and about Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in the German Digital Library
- The Erfurt Encyclopedia - Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer ( Memento from December 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- King's College London College Archives - Bibliography by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (botanist) at the IPNI
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SURNAME | Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, botanist and entomologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1755 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Etzelwang |
DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1829 |
Place of death | Hersbruck |