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 .

personal data
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

[1] 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).

[2] Morten Wormskiold. In: Gyldendal - Den Store Danske. denstoredanske.dk, accessed on October 20, 2018 (Danish, article from the 2nd edition of Dansk biografisk leksikon ).

[Burkhardt_2018-3] 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 .