Hermann Dingler
Hermann Dingler (born May 23, 1846 in Zweibrücken , † December 30, 1935 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German botanist.
Life
Hermann Dingler, son of the appellate judge Johann Gottfried Dingler , following his father's wishes, first studied medicine at the universities of Zurich , Erlangen , Munich , Vienna and then again in Munich . In Zurich he joined the Corps Helvetia and in Erlangen the Corps Onoldia . During his first study visit in Munich in 1870 he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. He obtained the state examination in 1872 during his second study visit to Munich.
After completing his medical degree, he went on a botanical study tour through Palestine and Asia Minor . In the following years he was a railway and military doctor in Turkish services in Bithynia , Acco and Adrianople . In 1875 he returned to Munich to devote himself scientifically to botany. In 1882 he was at the University of Leipzig to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1883 he completed his habilitation in botany under Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli .
In 1889 he was offered a position at the Aschaffenburg Forestry University , where he taught botany until it was moved to Munich in 1910. He undertook extensive research trips to Asia Minor in 1892, to Ceylon in 1909 , to Sicily in 1912 and to the Caucasus in 1914 . After his retirement , he expanded the collections of the Forestry University into a natural science museum.
In addition to his work as a university lecturer, he was chairman of the natural science association. In 1907 he founded the district committee for nature conservation in western Lower Franconia . His commitment was the establishment of oak reserves in the Spessart .
Hermann Dingler was buried in Hanau . Nevertheless, a gravestone in the old town cemetery of Aschaffenburg reminds of his person. He was married to Maria Erlenmeyer, daughter of the chemist Emil Erlenmeyer . His son was the philosopher Hugo Dingler .
Scientific work
- 1882, vertex growth of the gymnosperms
- 1885, The flax shoot of the phanerogams
- 1885, The building of the vine
- 1899, The movement of the plant flight organs
- 1896/97, forced stretching on a bamboo shoot
- 1902, The cause of the leaf fall
After his retirement, his work focused primarily on the systematics , geography and biology of the Rosaceae .
Honors
- Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1892)
- Dinglerstrasse in Aschaffenburg
literature
- Claus Nissen: Dingler, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 729 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matriculation Edition of the University of Zurich, Matriculation No. 2949. Dingler, Hermann ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Samuel Mühlberg: The Corps Helvetia Zurich (so-called Schwarz-Helvetia), co-founder of the WSC . In: Einst und Jetzt, yearbook of the Association for Corpsstudentische Geschichtsforschung eV , Volume 50, 2005, p. 490.
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 42 , 515
- ↑ Tomb in the Aschaffenburg old town cemetery ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dingler, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zweibrücken |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1935 |
| Place of death | Aschaffenburg |