Gustaf Erik Hyltén-Cavallius

Gustaf Erik Hyltén-Cavallius (born June 13, 1815 in the parish of Blädinge, Kronobergs län ; † June 6, 1888 in Lund ), was a Swedish naval officer and botanist who spent large parts of his career in the Austrian and Prussian service.

Life

Hyltén-Cavallius attended grammar school in Växjö and made several trips on Swedish and English merchant ships in 1832-34. In 1835 he received his seaman's examination. At the same time he was made a sub-lieutenant in the fleet. Between 1836 and 1841 numerous other voyages on naval and merchant ships followed. 1841–42 he was in the English and French service and between 1850 and 1852 he was employed by the Austrian fleet, where he worked as an equipment master in Venice and shipyard manager in Pula .

When Prussia began to organize its fleet in 1852, Prince Adalbert asked the then Prince Oskar for three suitable persons. The choice fell on Hyltén-Cavallius as well as Sundevall and Indebetou, who were employed as corvette captains. Hyltén-Cavallius was also employed as Albrecht's adjutant, and in 1853 became chief of the Prussian naval staff and provisional head of the technical department of the Admiralty. In 1854 he was employed by the Prussian state as a sea captain (commander) because he was retired from the Swedish fleet, combined with a promotion to lieutenant captain. Hyltén-Cavallius had a greater share in the organization of the Prussian fleet. He developed several important regulations and was involved in the development of the artillery as well as in the planning of the naval base on the Jade Bay , Wilhelmshaven . His progress aroused envy among influential circles in the Prussian fleet, who now opposed him, so that in 1857 he submitted his resignation.

Back in Sweden, Hyltén-Cavallius dealt with agriculture and botany . He moved to Lund, created a rich herbarium and founded an international botanical exchange society , Linnæa .

literature

• Gustaf Erik Hyltén-Cavallius . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 11 : Harrisburg – Hypereides . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1909, Sp. 1492 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).