Morten Wormskjold
Morten Wormskjold (also Wormskiold ; born January 16, 1783 in Copenhagen , † November 22, 1845 in Gavnø ) was a Danish botanist and traveler. Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Wormsk. "
Life
Wormskjold was the son of Peder W. Wormskjold (1750-1824) and Margrethe (nee de Teilman, 1757-1837). He first studied law from 1801 and passed the legal exam in 1805. He then began to study botany at the University of Copenhagen and in 1807 went on a botanical excursion through Norway with Jens Wilken Hornemann and Christen Smith. In 1808 he was appointed lieutenant in the "Sjællandske Skarpskytte Corps". From 1812 to 1815 he went on a scientific trip to Greenland to make drawings for the Flora Danica . He took in 1816 at the World Travel of Otto von Kotzebue part and stayed for two years on Kamchatka . Wormskjold brought back many new plants from his travels. Eugen Warming published his diary in 1889 under the title Morten Wormskiold. En biografisk sketch .
Honors
After him, the plant genus Wormskioldia is Thonn. named from the passion flower family (Passifloraceae).
literature
- Eugen Warming: Wormskjold, Morten . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 19 : Vind – Oetken . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1905, p. 207-208 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- CH Ostenfeld: Wormskiold, Morten . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 25 : Werth – Øyslebø . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1928, p. 410 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
- Peter Jessen: Morten Wormskjold, den glemte opdagelsesrejsende: en oversigt over hans forskerindsats og en bibliografi . Agitryk, Copenhagen 1987, ISBN 87-88907-06-6 (Danish, detailed biography).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Morten Wormskjold at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eugen Warming: Morten Wormskiold. En biografisk sketch . In: Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn for Aaret . Bianco Lunos, Copenhagen 1889, OCLC 475515630 , p. 253–303 (Danish, including the Botanisk journal fra Grøland from 1813).
- ↑ Morten Wormskiold. In: Gyldendal - Den Store Danske. denstoredanske.dk, accessed on October 20, 2018 (Danish, article from the 2nd edition of Dansk biografisk leksikon ).
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
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SURNAME | Wormskjold, Morten |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wormskiold, Morten |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish traveler |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1783 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1845 |
Place of death | Gavnø |