Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg
Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (born February 16, 1801 in Berlin ; † October 24, 1871 there ) was a Prussian , German entomologist and forest scientist . He is the founder of forest entomology . As an addition to the scientific names of the insects he describes , his name can begin with Ratz. abbreviated.
Life
Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg was born as the son of a professor at the former Berlin Royal Veterinary School . From 1821 he studied medicine and natural sciences in Berlin with a focus on botany , and completed his habilitation in 1828 as a private lecturer at the university. He was in contact with Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt , and in 1831 Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil brought him to the Eberswalde Higher Forestry School, which had been founded the year before, as a professor of natural sciences . In 1832 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
There Ratzeburg also made a great contribution to the creation of the Eberswalde Forest Botanical Garden . In 1869 he retired to Berlin, where he died on October 24, 1871. Bernard Altum came to the academy as his successor .
In December 1864 he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .
Ratzeburg's entomological writings, with which he became the founder of forest entomology , were important . In his investigations he already showed a special eye for the parasites of forest-damaging insects. This also made him a pioneer in applied entomology. In addition, the versatile natural scientist published other works, especially, together with Brandt, Medical Zoology (1827–1834), which for a long time was the only standard work on this subject in German-speaking countries.
Honors
A Ratzeburg monument can be found in the herb garden of the Forest Botanical Garden in Eberswalde. The plant genus Ratzeburgia Kunth from the sweet grass family (Poaceae) is named after JTC Ratzeburg . The Assel Trachelipus ratzeburgii was named after him.
Fonts (selection)
Entomological writings
- Die Forstinsekten , Berlin 1837–1844, 3 parts and supplement; 2nd edition, Vienna 1885
- Die Waldverderber und their enemies , Berlin 1841, 8th edition by Judeich and Nitsche as a textbook of Central European entomology , Vienna 1885 ff., With biography
- The Ichneumonen der Forstinsekten , Berlin 1844–52, 3 volumes
- The secondary diseases and the reproduction of the pine after feeding the forleule , Berlin 1862
- The forest spoilage or permanent damage caused by insect damage, peeling, cutting and biting living forest trees , Berlin 1866–1868, 2 volumes
more publishments
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Medical zoology or faithful representation and description of the animals that come into consideration in drug theory , with Johann Friedrich Brandt , Hirschwald, Berlin 1827–1834, two volumes
- 1st volume, 1829 doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-22755
- 2nd volume, 1833
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Illustration and description of the poisonous plants growing wild in Germany and perennial in outdoor gardens according to natural families , with Brandt and Phoebus , 2nd ed. 1838
- 1st Dept., Phanerogams doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-69469
- 2nd department, cryptogams doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-68925
- Germany's phanerogamic poisonous plants , with Brandt , Berlin 1834, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-2356 ;
- Forest and scientific trips , Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1842 Digitized
- The natural sciences as the subject of the lesson. Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1849 digitized
- The local plants and weeds of Germany , Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1859 Digitized
- Forest Science Writer 's Lexicon Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1872–73 Digitized
In addition, Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg took care of the continuation of the work Faithful representation and description of the plants used in medicine by Friedrich Gottlob Hayne .
- Faithful representation and description of the plants used in medicine as well as those that can be confused with them . 12 volumes, 1805–1856 (continued by Johann Friedrich Brandt , Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg and Johann Friedrich Klotzsch ). Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
literature
- Klaus-Jürgen Endtmann: Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg , in Albrecht Milnik (ed.) Et al .: In the service of the forest - life paths and achievements of Brandenburg forest people. Brandenburg pictures of life . Verlag Kessel, Remagen-Oberwinter 2006, ISBN 3-935638-79-5 , pp. 136-137
- Wilhelm Hess : Ratzeburg, Julius Theodor Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 371 f.
- Ekkehard Schwartz : Ratzeburg, Julius Theodor Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , pp. 185 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Fritz Schwerdtfeger : Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801–1871). Father of forest entomology, pioneer of applied entomology . Monographs on applied entomology, Issue 24. Parey, Hamburg and Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-490-10918-X
Individual evidence
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 19, 2015 .
- ↑ 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 .
Web links
- Scan of Die Waldverderbniss or permanent damage caused by insect damage, peeling, hitting and biting on living forest trees . First volume. (1866)
- Scan of Die Waldverderbniss or permanent damage caused by insect damage, peeling, hitting and biting on living forest trees . Second volume. (1866)
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ratzeburg, Julius Theodor Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, entomologist and forest scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1871 |
| Place of death | Berlin |