Heinrich Carl Küster

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Heinrich Carl Küster (born February 14, 1807 in Erlangen , † April 1876 in Bamberg ) was a German entomologist , ornithologist and malacologist .

Küster, whose father Friedrich Karl Küster was a drawing teacher and inspector of the natural history cabinet of the University of Erlangen , studied in Erlangen from 1826 to 1830 , where he also received his doctorate in 1839 (Dr. phil.). From 1836 he was a teacher of natural sciences at the trade school in Erlangen. In 1834 he traveled to Sardinia and in 1840/41 to Dalmatia and Montenegro . Later he was the royal telegraph administrator and director of the Bamberg telegraph station .

He was known for publications on zoology ( insects , mollusks , birds ), which he also illustrated himself.

Fonts

  • with Carl Wilhelm Hahn : Ornithological Atlas of the Non-European Birds. several volumes, 1834
  • The abalones in illustrations after nature with descriptions. Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1844
  • The bulimids and agatines in illustrations from nature with descriptions. Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1845
  • The genera Umbrella and Tylodina. Nuremberg 1862
  • The beetles of Europe, described from nature. several volumes, Nuremberg from 1844 (continued by Ernst Gustav Kraatz , Friedrich Julius Schilsky until 1912)

He also continued the Systematic Conchylia Cabinet by Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini (1729–1778) and Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz (1730–1800) (published 1837–1920).

His nephew Emil Küster (1838–1921) was also a malacologist.

literature

  • Werner Bolling: In Memoriam Dr. Heinrich Carl Küster. A belated obituary for a great Bamberg naturalist. In: Natural History Society Bamberg: Report. Volume 46, 1972, pp. 42-46
  • Werner Bolling: Biographical information about Heinrich Carl Küster (1807–1876). In: Mitt. Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft. Volume 11, 1968, pp. 243-245
  • A. Zilch: On the history of the German Malacoological Society, IV. Letters from HC Küster to VM Gredler. In: Communications from the German Malacoological Society. Volume 2, No. 14, 1969, pp. 45-94
  • F. Meyer: Obituary in the newsletter of the German Malacoological Society. Volume 8, 1876, pp. 81-86

References and comments

  1. ↑ The funeral took place on April 17th
personal data
SURNAME Küster, Heinrich Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German malacologist, ornithologist and entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH gain
DATE OF DEATH April 1876
Place of death Bamberg