Heinrich August Dietrich

Heinrich August Dietrich (* 4. November 1820 in Zwenkau , † December 9 ^{. Jul} / 21st December  1897 ^greg. In Tallinn ) was in the Baltic States operating German botanist and landscape gardener. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ HADietr. "

Life

Adam Heinrich August Dietrich was born not far from Leipzig . Between 1848 and 1857 Dietrich was employed as a landscape gardener and garden supervisor at the Baltic German estate of Haimre (German Heimar ) in the then Russian province of Estonia . Dietrich created a spacious park in the English style there . The park of Haimre is still one of the attractions of the region today. Dietrich also planted the orchard in the Kunda estate .

After his time in Haimre, Dietrich stayed for six months to study in the library and in the herbarium of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .

He then lived as the owner of a tree nursery and garden shop in the Estonian capital Tallinn ( Reval ). Dietrich introduced numerous new crops to Estonia. In Tallinn he was one of the founders of the "Estonian Horticultural Association" and in 1862 its secretary. Before his death, Dietrich was made an honorary citizen of the Estonian capital.

Scientific achievement

Heinrich August Dietrich is considered one of the pioneers of mycology in the Baltic States . In addition, he dealt intensively with lichenology and phycology . The cryptogamic research of the occasional scientist is considered to be groundbreaking, especially his work Insight into the cryptogam world of the Baltic provinces . Dietrich also wrote expert and precise lists of species of the native flora in 1854 and 1865.

Publications

• "Acclimatization attempts in the north as a contribution to landscape gardening." In: Communications of the Imperial Free Economic Society in St. Petersburg. Saint Petersburg 1854 (Volume 1, pp. 49–64; Volume 22, pp. 181–215)

• Look into the world of cryptogams in the Baltic provinces . Dorpat [Tartu] 1856 (reprinted March 2010).

• "Alphabetically arranged list of the ornamental trees and shrubs that occur in the gardens of the province of Ehstland, planted with more or less success." In: Communications on the effectiveness of the Estonian Horticultural Association in Reval. Reval [Tallinn] 1865 (Volume 2, pp. 12-35)

literature

• Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 47

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauri_/1472487145/
2. ↑ http://mivana.emu.ee/orb.aw/class=file/action=preview/id=270424/mets_44-10.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Author entry and list of the plant names described for Heinrich August Dietrich at the IPNI
• Brief CV (English)