Hugo von Mohl
Hugo Mohl , von Mohl since 1843 , (born April 8, 1805 in Stuttgart , † April 1, 1872 in Tübingen ) was a Württemberg , German botanist , doctor and university professor. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Mohl ". Mohl is considered to be the discoverer of the core division .
Live and act
From 1823 Mohl studied medicine at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , then went on to become a Dr. med. at the University of Munich , where he worked as assistant to Carl von Martius on the anatomy of the fern, cycade and palm trunks (1832). In 1835 he became professor of physiology at the University of Bern . In 1835 he was appointed full professor of botany in Tübingen, where he worked until his death. In 1832 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina , in 1857 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He was also a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris since 1838 , of the Prussian Academy of Sciences since 1847, of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg since 1854 and of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 1861 . He was a member of the Royal Society since 1868 as a Foreign Member . The Royal Society of Edinburgh accepted him as an Honorary Fellow in 1870 .
His scientific investigations extended to almost all areas of botany, but above all he promoted the anatomy of plants and made the solid cellulose structure of the plants the subject of detailed and successful investigations.
Also, physiology and evolution has been promoted by him. Mohl distinguished the primordial tube in 1844 and recognized the protoplasm in 1846 , which he assigned the name that is still common today.
Hugo von Mohl's plant collections now form part of the Herbarium Tubingense (TUB) of the University of Tübingen and are managed by the Museum of the University of Tübingen MUT .
The parents were the Württemberg jurist and politician Benjamin Ferdinand von Mohl (1766-1845) and his wife Louisa Friederica Autenrieth (1776-1843). She was a sister of Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Autenrieth , Chancellor of the University of Tübingen. Mohl's brothers were: Robert von Mohl , Julius Mohl and Moritz Mohl .
Awards
- In 1844 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown excellent, which with the personal title of nobility ( ennoblement ) was associated.
- In 1853 he received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art .
Works
- On the construction and winding of the tendrils and creepers , Tübingen, Heinrich Lampp 1827
- On the construction and shapes of the pollen grains , Bern, Chr. Fischer & Co 1834
- Micrography or Instructions for Knowledge and Use of the Microscope (1846)
- Basic features of the anatomy and physiology of the vegetable cell (1851).
A number of important treatises are collected in his " Mixed writings on botanical content " (1845). He also made contributions to the Palmenwerk Historia naturalis Palmarum by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius . From 1843 he published the Botanische Zeitung with Diederich von Schlechtendal .
Secondary literature
- [Wilhelm Elias von] Ahles : Necrology of Professor Dr. Hugo v. Mohl . In: Annual books of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , 29th year, E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1873, p. 41f.
literature
- Anton de Bary : Mohl, Hugo von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 55-57.
- Karl Mägdefrau : Mohl, Hugo von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 690 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ilse Jahn : History of Biology , Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3827410231
- Karl Mägdefrau: history of botany ; Life and Achievement of Great Researchers, Gustav Fischer 1992, ISBN 3437204890
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Hugo von Mohl at the IPNI
- Entry for von Mohl, Hugo (1805–1872) in the archive of the Royal Society , London
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, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 170.
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 22, 2020 .
- ^ Royal Württemberg Court and State Manual 1847, page 45
- ↑ Hans Körner "The Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and its Members" in: Journal for Bavarian State History , Vol. 47 (1984), pp. 299–398 ( online ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mohl, Hugo von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mohl, Hugo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1805 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1872 |
Place of death | Tübingen |