Karl Adolf Rössler

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Karl Adolf Rössler , also Carl Adolph Rössler , (born April 6, 1814 in Usingen , † August 31, 1885 in Wiesbaden ) was a German lawyer , civil servant , painter and butterfly researcher.

Life

Karl Adolf Rössler was born in 1814 as the son of the government councilor Christian Rößler († 1816). After attending grammar school in Weilburg from 1826 to 1831, he studied law in Heidelberg . In 1835 he passed the state examination. He then worked as a judicial and criminal court accessist in Wiesbaden . From 1838 he was an official advisor in Eltville .

The 26-year-old Rössler went to Paris in 1840 . It is not known whether Rössler had previously self-taught painting or whether he had taken lessons. The only indication of Rössler's training in Paris is an entry in the register of copyists at the Musée du Louvre . Rössler is listed there as a student of Paul Delaroche .

From 1841 Rössler lived in Wiesbaden until his death. There he initially worked as a government attorney. From 1846 to 1849 he was an archivist and official secretary at the Court of Appeal . From 1849 he was judicial secretary, from 1856 court judge assessor, from 1858 court and appellate judge and from 1866 royal Prussian appellate judge. He retired in 1880.

In addition to his legal and artistic work, Rössler was also a recognized butterfly researcher. He published two monographs on the Nassau fauna , as well as articles in the yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History and in entomological newspapers. Otto Staudinger named the butterfly species lygris roessleraria after him.

Fonts (selection)

  • Directory of the butterflies of the Duchy of Nassau: with special consideration of the biological conditions and the history of development. J. Niedner, Wiesbaden 1866.
  • The lepidoptera of the Kgl. Wiesbaden administrative district and its development history. J. Niedner, Wiesbaden 1881.

literature

  • Lisa Hackmann: Rössler, Karl Adolf (Adolph) . In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital . Volume 1: 1793-1843 . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029057-8 , pp. 246–247.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rössler, Adolf In: Albert Herrmann: Graves of famous people who have become known in public life on the Wiesbaden cemeteries. Wiesbaden 1928.
personal data
SURNAME Rössler, Karl Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rössler, Carl Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, civil servant, painter and butterfly researcher
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Usingen
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1885
Place of death Wiesbaden