Paul Sorauer
Paul Carl Moritz Sorauer (born June 9, 1839 in Breslau , † January 9, 1916 in Berlin ) was a German botanist and phytomedicist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Sorauer ".
Life path
Sorauer, son of a master carpenter, studied natural sciences, especially botany, in Berlin since 1862. In 1867 he received his doctorate from the University of Rostock with a dissertation on the germination of the potato tuber . Since 1868 he worked as an assistant to that of Hermann Hellriegel led Agricultural Research Station Dahme (Lower).
From 1872 to 1893 Sorauer was head of the plant physiological research station at the Royal Pomological Institute in Proskau (Upper Silesia). At the same time he gave lectures on plant physiology and plant protection at the agricultural academy there. In 1892 he was appointed professor. Also in 1892 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . Because of an eye problem, he submitted his departure in 1893. He moved to Berlin and devoted himself entirely to his scientific work here. In 1902, at the age of 63, he completed his habilitation at the University of Berlin . In 1909 he was appointed a secret councilor.
Research services
Through his work, Sorauer made a decisive contribution to developing phytomedicine into an independent science. His “Handbook of Plant Diseases”, published in 1874, is continued to this day by specialist colleagues. Parts of this multi-volume standard work on phytomedicine are already in the seventh edition.
In 1891 Sorauer founded the "Journal for Plant Diseases", which he himself published until 1915. For more than two decades he was active in the "Special Committee for Plant Protection" of the German Agricultural Society . On behalf of this company he wrote the book “ Plant Protection. Instructions for the practical farmer for recognizing and combating damage to crops ”, of which six editions appeared between 1892 and 1915. With his numerous publications on plant diseases and plant protection, Sorauer has achieved an enormous breadth and depth in the science and practice of agriculture. Of his book publications, his “ Atlas of Plant Diseases ”, a work published between 1887 and 1893 with 48 hand-drawn colored plates , should be emphasized .
Fonts (selection)
- Contributions to the germination history of the potato tuber . Diss. Phil. Rostock 1867. Zugl. in: Annalen der Landwirthschaft in den Königlich Prussischen Staat Vol. 26, Vol. 52, 1868, S. 156-181.
- Handbook of Plant Diseases. For farmers, gardeners and foresters . Paul Parey Publishing House, Berlin 1874. Numerous new editions, most recently in six volumes; Partial volumes of the 7th completely redesigned edition edited by Bernhard Rademacher et al., Ibid. Since 1965.
- Plant Disease Atlas . Published in several partial deliveries. Paul Parey publishing house, Berlin 1887–1893.
- Damage to native crops from animal and vegetable parasites, as well as other influences. Edited for practice . Paul Parey publishing house, Berlin 1888.
- Popular plant physiology for gardeners. A guide for carrying out the practical work, as well as a guide for teaching at gardening schools . Publishing house Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart 1891.
- Plant protection. Instructions for the practical farmer to identify and combat damage to crops . Paul Parey publishing house in Berlin. 1. u. 2nd edition with Albert Bernd Frank 1892 a. 1896; the following editions with Georg Rörig: 3rd edition 1903, 4th edition 1907, 5th edition 1910, 6th edition 1915.
See also
literature
- Ekkehard Höxtermann: Sorauer, Paul Carl Moritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 596 f. ( Digitized version ).
- L. Wittmack: Paul Sorauer . In: Reports of the German Botanical Society Vol. 34, 1916, final booklet (1917), pp. 50–57 (with picture).
- L. Wittmack: Paul Sorauer † . In: Journal for Plant Diseases Vol. 26, 1916, pp. 1–17 (with picture and list of publications).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Paul Sorauer at the IPNI
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sorauer, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sorauer, Paul Carl Moritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and phytomedicine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1916 |
| Place of death | Berlin |