Ludwig Karl Schmarda
Ludwig Karl Schmarda (born August 23, 1819 in Olomouc ; † April 7, 1908 in Vienna ) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer.
Schmarda studied medicine at the University of Vienna , then turned to zoology and in 1850 became a professor at the University of Graz , where he founded a natural history museum. In 1852 he taught at the University in Prague . Between 1853 and 1857 Schmarda made an extensive research trip around the world to Africa, Asia, Australia and America and was then professor at the University of Vienna from 1862 until his retirement in 1883; In 1866/67 he was dean. Several further trips - for example in 1851 with the industrialist Franz Ritter von Friedau - served primarily to examine the economic aspects of oyster farming and sea fishing and took him to the coasts of the Adriatic, France, Spain, Africa and as far as Ceylon in the Indian Ocean.
Schmarda dealt with the geographic distribution of animals, both on land and in the sea.
According to the death inspection protocol, he was buried in the cemetery in Gotha . In 1936 the Schmardagasse in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him.
Fonts
- Indications from the soul life of animals (1846)
- On the natural history of the Adriatic (1852)
- The geographic distribution of animals (1853)
- On the natural history of Egypt (1854)
- New Invertebrates (1859–1861)
- Journey around the earth (1861)
- Zoology (1871)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schmarda, Ludwig Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, pp. 155–158 ( digitized version ).
- W. Kühnelt: Schmarda Ludwig Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 228 f. (Direct links on p. 228 , p. 229 ).
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 5 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997
- Christa Riedl-Dorn: Schmarda, Ludwig Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 121 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmarda, Ludwig Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian zoologist and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olomouc |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1908 |
| Place of death | Vienna |