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Louis Christian Heinrich Vortisch (born August 13, 1804 in Rostock ; † December 9, 1871 in Satow ) was a German Protestant pastor and naturalist .

Life

Louis Christian Heinrich Vortisch was the son of the Austrian surgeon Christian Vortisch and his wife Sophie, b. Cancer. From 1823 he studied theology and philology at the University of Rostock and was then from 1826 private tutor in Mesekenhagen . From September 1836 until his death he worked as a pastor in Satow (preposition Doberan). From October 1836 he was married to Molly Winckler (1810–1895), the daughter of a Lübeck wine merchant. Vorisch dealt with astronomy and geology and was a member of the Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg, the Free German Hochstift and a corresponding member of the natural science society "Isis" in Dresden.

On February 2, 1853, Louis Christian Heinrich Vortisch with the academic surname Burnet was elected a member (matriculation number 1657) of the Leopoldina in the Geology and Paleontology section .

Fonts

  • The latest catastrophe on the globe. A geological experiment. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1852 digitized
  • A word about Nordic bed debris, along with a contribution to the knowledge of the bed debris in Meklenburg. In: Archives of the Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg. Volume 17. Hinstorff, Neubrandenburg [u. a.] 1863, pp. 22-140.
  • The deficiency of Newton's theory of gravity in explaining the movements and other phenomena in the solar system and reducing them to a different and new principle. Stiller, Rostock 1866 digitized

literature

  • 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. 277 (archive.org)
  • Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 185 ( archive.org ).
  • Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. 1st volume, Wismar 1924, p. 134.
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 10407 .

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SURNAME Front table, Louis Christian Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Front table, Ludwig Christian Heinrich; Burnet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1871
Place of death Satow