Joakim Frederik Schouw
Joakim Frederik Schouw (* 1789 in Copenhagen ; † 1852 ibid) was a Danish botanist and university professor. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Schouw ".
Life
Schouw first studied law at the University of Copenhagen from 1808 , where he received his doctorate in 1816. jur. received his doctorate. After botanical study trips between 1816 and 1820 he became an associate professor in 1821 and in 1845 full professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen. From 1841 he was also director of the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen .
As early as 1822 he tried to delimit the research area of plant geography and to bring it into a logical system. Among other things, he formulated the following definition:
"Plant geography is a science which shows the occurrence, the distribution areas and the distribution of the plants as they exist now, as well as the current differences in vegetation on the earth's surface, taking into account the external factors."
Schouw was the first to use the ending "-etum" when naming plant communities. Since then, the physiognomically defined plant formations have been referred to as quercetum , pinetum, etc.
On November 28, 1822 he was admitted to the Leopoldina and received the academic surname Bergius I.
Fonts
- Basics of general plant geography ; Berlin 1823
- Contributions to comparative climatology ; Copenhagen
- The earth, the plants and the people. Popular descriptions of nature ; Leipzig 1851
- Dissertatio de sedibus plantarum originariis
- Ege and birch families geographically and historically Forhold in Italy ; Kjøbenhavn 1847
- Europe, a painting of nature. Also as an addition to any geography ; Kiel
- Europe, physical-geographical description ; Copenhagen
- Descriptions of nature, a series of generally comprehensible lectures, Kiel 1840
- Samples of an earth description. With an introduction to the geographic method ; Berlin 1851
- Scandinavia's nature and folk. Et Foredrag ; Kjøbenhavn 1845
- Tableau du climat de l'Italie ; Copenhague
literature
- Joakim Frederik Schouw . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 15 : Scalabrini – Skanke . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1901, p. 274 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 255
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Joakim Frederik Schouw at the IPNI
- Jochum Frederik Schouw's membership entry at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 25, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ In: Grundzüge einer Allgemeine Pflanzengeographie , p. 6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schouw, Joakim Frederik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1852 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |