Hermann Vöchting

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Hermann Vöchting
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Hermann Christian Vöchting , from 1902 by Vöchting , (born February 8, 1847 in Blomberg , † November 24, 1917 in Tübingen ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Vöcht. "

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Hermann Vöchting made significant contributions to the morphology of shoot plants (cormophytes) and discovered the polarity between shoot and root.

He was born as the son of Friedrich Vöchting in Blomberg, Lippe . His father was the head of the famous Blomberg carnation farm. The phrase "city of carnations", which is still used today, goes back to him. Hermann received many suggestions from his father that would shape him for his later life. After successfully completing the Blomberg Rector School, he completed an apprenticeship as a gardener at the princely court gardener in Detmold .

In the course of his training, he realized that the gardening profession would not be enough for him intellectually. So Hermann Vöchting went to Berlin and began studying mathematics and natural sciences. He moved to Göttingen to do his doctorate and wrote his doctoral thesis on the Rhipsalidaceae , a South American epiphytic plant family. From 1874 to 1878 Vöchting worked as a research assistant at the University of Bonn . During this time he also looked after the botanical garden.

But he soon received a reputation that was important for his career: he became a professor at the University of Basel . His final place of work was to be Tübingen . There he worked from 1887 as head of the University's Botanical Institute. He soon drew attention to himself through remarkable research results and significant scientific work and was one of the leading bioscientists of his time. Vöchting was one of the co-founders of plant physiology : The focus of research was no longer on the structure of the plant, but on the functions and metabolism.

With increasing age, health problems (heart problems) became noticeable. Hermann Vöchting died in Tübingen on November 24, 1917.

Honors

  • 1888: Appointment as correspondent of the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen.
  • 1892: Appointment to the Imperial Society of Natural Sciences of Russia by Tsar Alexander III.
  • 1902: Award of the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown .
  • 1909: Appointment to honorary doctorate on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th birthday of Charles Darwin in Cambridge.
  • 1909: Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig .
  • 1913: Appointment as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.
  • 2006: were after a democratic election process, where teachers, parents and students involved, which was Urban School Blomberg in Hermann-Vochting Gymnasium renamed.

Works

  • On Organ Formation in the Plant Kingdom , two volumes, 1878–1884.
  • Investigations on the experimental anatomy and pathology of the plant body , two volumes, 1908–1918.

literature

  • Lina Neumeyer: The imponderable things. My botanical apprenticeship under Hermann von Vöchting in Tübingen . H. Laupp'sche Buchhandlung. Tuebingen 1936.
  • Heinrich Plöger: Hermann Vöchting - A picture of life . City administration Blomberg 1973.

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SURNAME Vöchting, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vöchting, Hermann Christian; von Vöchting, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Blomberg
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1917
Place of death Tübingen