Max von Zeppelin
Count Max von Zeppelin (born August 6, 1856 in Stuttgart ; † December 3, 1897 there ) was a German zoologist , explorer and court marshal .
Life
As the son of Count Karl von Zeppelin, then court marshal of Crown Prince Karl von Württemberg , Zeppelin turned to the natural sciences after studying humanism . In Hohenheim, Tübingen , Strasbourg , Munich , Freiburg and Hann. Münden he mainly studied natural history . He was a member of the Corps Rhenania Strasbourg (1877), the Corps Franconia Munich (1879) and the Andree'schen Tischgesellschaft (1878). With a zoological work on a marine multi-bristle , he was awarded Dr. phil. PhD.
Zoological stays on Helgoland were followed by research trips and hunting trips to Scandinavia . On his inclination to the north , he joined in 1891 by polar explorer Wilhelm bathing led Spitzberg journey by steamer Amely on. Behind this was Germany's interest in regaining the fishing grounds for deep-sea fishing that had previously ruled the Hamburgers alongside the Dutch whalers . The mining engineer Leo Cremer from Bochum also took part in the trip to check whether the known coal deposits on Bear Island and Spitsbergen were worth mining .
In 1892, Zeppelin toured Wyoming , the Grand Canyon, and Southern California . He attended specialist scientific congresses and, as royal Württemberg court marshal , promoted scientific life in his homeland. At the Jena Geographers' Day in April 1896, he fell ill with bronchitis from which he did not recover. A year and a half later, he died of a stroke at the age of 53. A large mourners from all walks of life escorted the man to his grave.
Works
- On the construction and the processes of division of the Ctenodrilus Monostylos nov. Spec. Diss. Freiburg 1883 ( archive.org ).
- Travel sketches from Norway, Sweden and Denmark as well as a visit to the island of Helgoland. Schorndorf 1885.
- Travel photos from Svalbard, Bear Island and Norway based on daily records. Stuttgart 1892.
- From rock to sea (1896)
literature
- Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Volume 4. Berlin 1900, Todtenliste Sp. 14 * (with further references) ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Friedrich Ratzel: Zeppelin, Max Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 83 f.
- Bibliography of Württemberg history. Volume 4. Arrangement by Theodor Schön and Otto Leuze. Stuttgart 1915, p. 447 (with further references).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The distribution of the year of birth 1844 probably goes back to the article by Friedrich Ratzel in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (see literature), but is wrong. The correct year can already be found in the Biographisches Jahrbuch and Deutscher Nekrolog from 1900 (see literature) and explicitly again in 1915 (see literature: Bibliography of Württemberg history ).
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 189/47; 172/419.
- ↑ S. Works.
- ^ Leo Cremer: A trip to Spitzbergen . In: Scientific weekly . Volume 6, 1891, pp. 453-457.
- ↑ "From rock to sea" was the motto of the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern and referred to the size of the German Empire
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeppelin, Max von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zeppelin, Max Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1897 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |