Oskar Alexander Richard Büttner

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Oskar Alexander Richard Büttner , also Oscar , (born September 28, 1858 Brandenburg an der Havel , † 1927 Berlin ) was a Prussian , German botanist and Africa explorer . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Büttner ".

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Büttner was born in Brandenburg a. H. born. He studied in Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1883 with his dissertation "Flora advena marchica". Büttner was a scientific participant in the expedition of the African Society in Germany (1884–1886), which, under the direction of Eduard Schulze, was to serve the "exploration of the southern Congo Basin ". It penetrated into areas unexplored from a European point of view. Some species were described according to his evidence, he himself described a. a. Xyris congensis . Aloe buettneri and the furry tooth wood mouse ( Leimacomys buettneri ) were named after him . 1890–91 he headed a research station in Bismarckburg in Togo . After his return he worked as a teacher in Berlin. There he founded the first chair for African languages ​​in Germany. He died unmarried on September 11, 1927 in Berlin-Karlshorst .

supporting documents

  1. ^ Gerhard Wagenitz, The explorers of the flora of Berlin and Brandenburg. Cond. Bot. Ver. Berlin Brandenburg, Supplement 6: 216. 2009
  2. ↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2009, ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9 , p. 63.
  3. ^ Gerhard Wagenitz, The explorers of the flora of Berlin and Brandenburg. Cond. Bot. Ver. Berlin Brandenburg, Supplement 6: 216. 2009

literature

  • Ferdinand Karsch : The insects of the Adeli mountain landscape in the hinterland of Togo (West Africa) according to the concept of Captain Eugen Kling (1888 and 1889) and Dr. Richard Büttner (1890 and 1891) collected material. Spring locusts - Orthoptera Saltatoria - by Adeli . I. Division: Apterygota, Odonata, Orthoptera Saltatoria, Lepidoptera Rhopalocera . In: Berlin Entomological Journal . Volume 38, 1893, pp. 1-266 ( digitized version ).
  • Richard Büttner: Traveling through the Congo area. Executed on behalf of the African Society in Germany . Leipzig, Hinrichsen, 1890. 283 pages

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personal data
SURNAME Büttner, Oskar Alexander Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Büttner, Oscar Alexander Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1858
DATE OF DEATH 1927