Max Moszkowski
Max Moszkowski (born August 12, 1873 in Breslau ; died 1939 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a German doctor and explorer.
life and work
Moszkowski was born in Breslau in 1873. He received his doctorate in 1899 from the University of Breslau with the work Experimental Studies on the effects of arsenic , phenol and mercury on the stomach . In 1907 he toured Ceylon and Sumatra , later New Guinea , and published about his travels. Together with the entomological-botanical collector Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand Grashoff (1879-1916), he put on extensive zoological-botanical collections. The parrot subspecies Alisterus chloropterus moszkowskii and various plants, including the ray palm Licuala moszkowskiana Becc. , are named after him. He described his travel experiences and experiences in detail in his publication published in 1909. He also took skull measurements on his travels and later did research on tropical diseases . He made a self-experiment about beriberi disease.
Publications (selection)
- Experimental studies on the effects of arsenic, phenol and mercury on the stomach. Breslau: Bresl. Genossenschafts-Buchdr., 1899. Breslau, Univ., Diss., 1899
- On new paths through Sumatra. Research trips to East and Central Sumatra (1907) . Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), Berlin, 1909 ( Review )
- To the unexplored New Guinea. Experiences with headhunters and cannibals. Berlin: Ullstein A.-G., 1928 (= Paths to Knowledge. 91)
- From the economic life of the primitive peoples (with special reference to the Papua of New Guinea and the Sakai of Sumatra). Lecture given on July 10, 1911 at the Institute for Shipping and World Economy in Kiel. Jena: Fischer, 1911
- " The Peoples of Eastern and Central Sumatra ". Journal of Ethnology . 1908. Vol. 40.
- " About Two Non-Malay Tribes of East Sumatra " Journal of Ethnology . 1908. Vol. 40.
- "The tribes at Mamberamo in Dutch New Guinea and from the upstream Insein", ZfE 43: 315-46 (1911).
- "Expedition to explore the Mamberamo in Dutch New Guinea", Journal of the Society for Geography 1912, pp. 271–88, 365–77.
- (Transl.) Paul de Kruif : Fighters for life: glory deeds of great naturalists a. Doctors. [ Men Against Death , dt,: from d. American by Max Moszkowski]. Ullstein, Berlin 1933.
- (Transl.) Thomas Hunt Morgan : Regeneration. Engelmann, Leipzig 1907. Translated from English with the permission of the author and completely revised in collaboration with him by Max Moszkowski. German edition, also the second edition of the original.
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). Volume 7, 2nd edition, Munich 2007
Web links
- Gunther Mai: The Morocco-Germans 1873-1918: Biograms - db-thueringen.de
- Moszkowski, Max - nationaalherbarium.nl
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Grashoff, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand - nationaalherbarium.nl
- ↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Birds ( partial online view )
- ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Palms: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology ( partial online view )
- ↑ cf. DBE
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moszkowski, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moszkowski, Max Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tropical medicine specialist and research traveler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1939 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |