George Karsten
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.
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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) |