Johannes Mildbraed

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Johannes Mildbraed

Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (born December 19, 1879 in Jahnsfelde ( Mark Brandenburg ), † December 24, 1954 in Berlin ) was a German botanist who specialized in mosses , ferns and special seed plants. He is known as the author of a monograph and taxonomic treatment of the Stylidiaceae family from 1908. Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Mildbr. "

Life

Johannes Mildbraed was born in 1879 to the family of Robert and Elizabeth Lenz Mildbraed. He went to school first in Jahnsfelde and later directly in Müncheberg . In 1897 he graduated from high school in Charlottenburg and initially studied linguistics at Berlin University. But he soon switched to the science faculty. Mildbraed received his doctorate in philosophy in 1904. His defense thesis concerned the plant family Podostemaceae . From 1903 he worked as Adolf Engler's assistant in the Botanical Museum Berlin .

In 1907 Mildbraed and his companions set out on their first research expedition to the area of ​​the Central African Rift . This research trip was led by Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg . The way led them through a little known area east of Lake Kivu . The second German Central Africa Expedition, in which Mildbraed also took part, was undertaken between 1910 and 1911 to explore the region of the Upper Nile . During the third expedition, in 1914 during the First World War , Johannes Mildbraed was captured by French troops and deported to France . He did not return to Germany until 1919. Mildbraed did not travel to Africa again until September 17, 1928, this time mainly to the region around Cameroon .

In 1913 he became custodian of the Berlin Botanical Garden. In addition to his research and teaching activities, he also gave lectures or organized tours through the Botanical Garden in Berlin for other academic disciplines and a broader, interested section of the population. In 1920 he married; the couple had three children.

On March 1, 1943, during the Second World War , a large part of the collections of the Berlin Botanical Garden was destroyed in the bombing of Berlin. This included many Mildbraed collectibles.

In 1953 Johannes Mildbraed retired.

Taxa named after Mildbraed

The following taxa were named in honor of Johannes Mildbraed:

Fonts

  • Directory of the mosses occasionally observed on the Whitsun excursion to Buckow in May 1902 . In: Negotiations of the Botanical Association of the Province of Brandenburg . Volume 44, 1903, pp. XVII-XXI ( online ). - with H. Paul
  • Two excursions to Lake Lubow . In: Negotiations of the Botanical Association of the Province of Brandenburg . Volume 46, 1905, pp. 204-210 ( online ). - with E. Ulbrich
  • About the bryological results of the pre-excursion in the vicinity of Lanke . In: Negotiations of the Botanical Association of the Province of Brandenburg . Volume 47, pp. V-VI, 1906 ( online ).
  • Scientific results of the German Central Africa Expedition 1907–1908 under the leadership of Adolf Friedrichs, Duke of Mecklenburg . Volume 2: Botanik, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1914 ( online ) - as publisher with own contributions
  • Scientific results of the German Central Africa Expedition 1910–1911 under the leadership of Adolf Friedrichs, Duke of Mecklenburg . Volume 2: Botany, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1922 ( online ).
  • Georg Zenker . In: Notes of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem . Volume 8, Number 74, 1923, pp. 319-324 ( online ).
  • Georg Schweinfurth. Obituary . In: Negotiations of the Botanical Association of the Province of Brandenburg . Volume 67, 1925, pp. 106-113.
  • Georg Schweinfurth as a botanist . In: The natural sciences . Volume 14, Number 24, 1926, pp. 569-573.
  • Adolf Engler. Obituary . In: Communications of the German Dendrological Society . Volume 42, 1930, pp. XX-XXI.
  • Adolf Engler. Obituary . In: Negotiations of the Botanical Association of the Province of Brandenburg . Volume 73, 1931, pp. 100-104.
  • Walter Busse (obituary) . In reports of the German Botanical Society Volume 51, 1933, pp. (61) - (71).
  • Max Dinklage. Obituary . In: Notes of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem . Volume 12, Number 113, 1935, pp. 413-415.
  • Obituary for Eugen Otto Schulz . In: Notes of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem . Volume 13, 1936, p. 154.

literature

  • Fritz Mattick: Johannes Mildbraed 1879–1954 . In: Willdenowia . Vol. 2, No. 2, 1959, pp. 123-139 ( JSTOR 3995338 ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan-Peter Frahm; Jens Eggers: Lexicon of German-speaking bryologists. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2001 ISBN 3-8311-0986-9 , pp. 322-323
  2. ^ Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed: Stylidiaceae . Engelmann, 1908 (accessed October 24, 2010).
  3. ^ F. Mattick: Johannes Mildbraed 1879-1954. Willdenowia (1959) 2 (2): 123-139.
  4. ↑ Helmut Strizek: Donated colonies. Rwanda and Burundi under German rule. Ch. Links Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-86153-390-1 , p. 85
  5. ^ Note sheet of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. No. 97. Vol. X, p. 629, online ( Memento from June 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB)
  6. ↑ Apothekerzeitung No. 6 1924 p. 37 ( Memento of December 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 490 kB)
  7. ^ Frans Antonie Stafleu , Richard Sumner Cowan: Taxonomic literature . A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Volume 3: Lh-O, 2nd edition. Utrecht 1981, ISBN 90-313-0444-1 , p. 484 ( online ).
  8. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mildbraed, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mildbraed, Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Jahnsfelde ( Mark Brandenburg )
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1954
Place of death Berlin