Heinrich Adolf Schrader
Heinrich Adolf Schrader (born January 1, 1767 in Alfeld near Hildesheim , † October 22, 1836 in Göttingen ) was a German doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Schrad. "
Life
In 1794 Schrader became director of the Göttingen Botanical Garden . Schrader became a medical doctor in Göttingen in 1795, associate professor and head of the university garden in 1803 and full professor in the same position in 1809.
Schrader published many descriptive papers, partly on plants in Germany and partly on plants from distant countries. Among these there were several larger works with colored pages, such as Sertum Hannoveranum (1795–98, together with Johann Christoph Wendland ), Nova genera plantarum (1797), Flora germanica (beginning, 1806), Hortus Gottingensis (1809) and the Systematic Collection Cryptogamischer Plants (1796-97).
From 1799 to 1803 he was editor of the "Journal für die Botanik" and 1806-10 of the "Neues Journal für die Botik", which were the predecessors of the journal "Flora", which had existed since 1818. In 1804 Schrader was elected a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1812 Schrader became a corresponding member of the Royal Prussian and 1815 of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . In 1820 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Honors
The plant genera Schradera Vahl from the red family (Rubiaceae), Schraderanthus Averett from the nightshade family (Solanaceae) and the moss genera Schraderella Müll.Hal. and Schraderobryum M. Fleisch. have been named after him.
literature
- CAM Lindman: Schrader, Heinrich Adolph . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 24 : Ryssläder secretary . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1916, Sp. 1174 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Ernst Wunschmann: Schrader, Heinrich Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 429 f.
- Reliquiae Schraderianae - HA Schrader's biography. In: Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (Hrsg.): Linnea, Journal for the botany in its full scope. Volume 12, Halle 1838, pp. 353 ff. ( Books.google.de ) or as a special edition ( books.google.de ).
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Heinrich Adolf Schrader at the IPNI
- Literature by and about Schrader, HA (Heinrich Adolph) 1767–1836 in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Volume 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Series 3, volume 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 217.
- ↑ 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 .
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SURNAME | Schrader, Heinrich Adolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1767 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alfeld |
DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1836 |
Place of death | Goettingen |