Georg Carl Maria von Seidlitz
Georg Carl Maria von Seidlitz , also Georg Karl Maria von Seidlitz (born June 7, 1840 in Saint Petersburg , † July 15, 1917 in Irschenhausen ) was a German-Baltic entomologist and doctor. He cataloged the Beetle of the Baltic .
Life
Seidlitz took home lessons up to his Abitur (grammar school Dorpat ) and studied medicine and zoology there from 1857 (candidate in zoology 1857). From 1862 to 1865 he continued his studies in Berlin. In 1863 and 1865 he traveled to Romania ( Transylvania ), Italy with Sicily, southern France and Spain, and in 1866 received his master's degree in zoology in Dorpat . In 1867 he studied anthropology and comparative anatomy in Dresden and Leipzig . In 1868 he received his doctorate in zoology in Dorpat (doctorate according to the Russian system, corresponding to a habilitation) and was a private lecturer there from 1869 to 1874. Since he was the first to represent the teaching of Charles Darwin (on which he successfully gave a lecture in the winter semester of 1877/78), he had difficulties becoming a lecturer and only achieved this in 1874. In 1877 he received his doctorate and habilitation in medicine. From 1877 to 1879 he was assistant and prosector at the Anatomical Institute in Königsberg with Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer . After that he was a private scholar and lived on his estate Ratshof and Charlottenthal near Königsberg. He was committed to improving the fishing industry in East Prussia and was secretary of the Fisheries Association for East and West Prussia. From 1887 he lived in Königsberg again. In 1895 he sold his goods and moved to Munich, where he lived as a private scholar. In 1901 he moved to Irschenhausen.
He described many new species of beetles. His beetle collection is in the Zoological State Collection in Munich and partly in Königsberg (Kaliningrad).
On July 1, 1868 , he became a member of the Leopoldina . He was a member of the Königsberg Freemason Lodge Immanuel . He had a long friendship with Ernst Haeckel .
His first marriage was to Elisabeth Koppelson from Reval (she died in 1902), with whom he had a son. In his second marriage he married Helene von Eichler from Wolyhnia.
Fonts
- The laws of formation of bird eggs in histological and genetic relation and the law of transmutation of organisms . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1869 digitized
- Darwin's theory. Eleven lectures on the origin of animals and plants through natural breeding. 2nd increased edition, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1875 digitized
- Contributions to the theory of descent, 1876
- Fauna of Baltica. The beetles (Coleoptera) of the Baltic provinces of Russia, several volumes, Dorpat, from 1872, 2nd greatly increased edition, Königsberg from 1889
- Fauna Transsylvanica. The beetles (Coleoptera) of Transylvania . Hartungsche Verlagsdruckerei, Königsberg 1891 digitized
literature
- Christian Tilitzki : The Albertus University of Königsberg, Volume 1, 1871–1918, Akademie Verlag 2012, .S. 624
Web links
- Publications at wikispecies
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Georg Karl Maria Seidlitz. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Member entry of Georg von Seidlitz at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on 16 March 2017th
Individual evidence
- ↑ He also dealt with Karl Ernst von Baer , a forerunner of Darwin's teaching
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidlitz, Georg Carl Maria von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seidlitz, Georg Karl Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic entomologist and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1917 |
| Place of death | Irschenhausen |