George Karsten

Grave of George Karsten in the Laurentius cemetery in Halle (Saale)

George Henry Hermann Karsten , also Georg Heinrich Hermann Karsten (born November 3, 1863 in Rostock , † May 7, 1937 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German botanist . His botanical author abbreviation is " G.Karst. "And occurs mainly with algae , there mostly in the form" G. Karsten ".

Career

George Karsten (No. 7-1-5-B. With his great-great grandfather Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten incipient sex counting ), only son and second of five children of a doctorate lawyer and former Acting Mayor of brawn , Karl Karsten (1829-1884) and its Mrs. Helenita, b. Blohm (1841–1925) began studying natural sciences at the universities of Strasbourg and Zurich , and from October 1884 in his hometown of Rostock . His doctorate as Dr. phil. took place in 1885 at the University of Strasbourg, his habilitation in 1892 at the University of Leipzig , where he also held lectures until 1895. He then held extraordinary professorships at the University of Kiel (1898) and at the University of Bonn (from 1899). In 1909 he received a call to the University of Halle , where he held a full professorship for botany. At the same time he became director of the botanical garden . He continued his teaching until Wilhelm Troll was appointed in 1932. On August 5, 1911 , he was accepted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Works

Textbook of the pharmacognosy of the plant kingdom for universities and for self-teaching with regard to the new German pharmacopoeia: with 528 illustrations - Jena: Fischer, 1903. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
with Moritz Nussbaum and Max Weber : Textbook of biology for universities, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1911 digitized

Web links

Literature by and about George Karsten in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature about George Karsten in the state bibliography MV
Entry on George Karsten in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis, written by Henrik Eberle
Overview of George Karsten's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1892 to summer semester 1895)
Author entry and list of the plant names described for George Karsten at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ See details page in the IPNI .
↑ Register book of the University of Rostock: WS 1864 - SS 1888 Cf. serial no. 4, entry in the field "Academ. Antea freq."
↑ Registration of Georg Karsten in the Rostock matriculation portal
↑ George Karsten's membership entry at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 5, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Karsten, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Karsten, George Henry Hermann (full name); Karsten, Georg Heinrich Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 3, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostock
DATE OF DEATH	May 7, 1937
Place of death	Halle (Saale)

[1] See details page in the IPNI .

[2] Register book of the University of Rostock: WS 1864 - SS 1888 Cf. serial no. 4, entry in the field "Academ. Antea freq."

[3] Registration of Georg Karsten in the Rostock matriculation portal

[4] George Karsten's membership entry at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 5, 2017.