Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke
Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke (born November 27, 1820 in Breslau ; † November 7, 1906 there ) was a German entomologist , pharmacist and doctor.
Life
Wocke's father had one of the most important pharmacies in Breslau and Maximilian Wocke also became a pharmacist in Breslau. He studied medicine in Breslau and Berlin and received his doctorate in 1844. Wocke was chairman of the Silesian Entomology Association and an honorary member of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture. He dealt with butterflies and especially small butterflies.
He published catalogs of butterflies from Silesia and, with Otto Staudinger, catalogs of European butterflies, and completed Hermann von Heinemann's work on Germany's butterflies (1876).
Part of his collection came to Saint Petersburg in 1907. Other parts came to Dresden via Staudinger.
Fonts
- Catalogus lepidopterorum Silesiae, Breslau 1853, ( digitized in the German Digital Library )
- with Otto Staudinger: Catalog of the Lepidoptera of Europe and the neighboring countries. Dresden: Staudinger & Burdach 1861
- Trip to Finmarken. II. Microlepidoptera. In: Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . 23, 1862, pp. 233-257.
- Otto Staudinger: Catalog of the lepidoptera of the European fauna area. Dresden: Staudinger 1871
- with Hermann von Heinemann: The butterflies of Germany and Switzerland. 2 department. Small butterflies. Volume 2, Issue 2, The Motten and Feather Moths. Braunschweig: Schwetschke 1876
literature
- Obituary in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift , Iris, Volume 19, 1906, pp. 147–157
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wocke, Maximilian Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entomologist, pharmacist and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1906 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |