Paul Staudinger
Paul Staudinger (born May 19, 1859 in Dresden ; † August 26, 1933 ) was a German explorer and private scholar in the fields of natural sciences, ethnology and colonial politics.
Life
Paul Staudinger was born in 1859 as the son of the German lepidopterist Otto Staudinger .
In 1885 and 1886 Staudinger was a scientific participant in the Niger - Benue expedition in West Africa. The expedition was sent by the German African Society and initially led by Eduard Robert Flegel . However , Flegel stayed behind at Lokoja and Staudinger led an independent expedition to Sokoto and Gando . Staudinger was accompanied by the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert . Staudinger and Hartert then followed Benue to Dschubbe . The expedition traveled to various tribal areas that had previously had little contact with Europeans. In addition to the scientific side of the expedition, political intentions were also pursued by establishing relationships with African regional rulers. For this purpose, Staudinger handed over letters and gifts from Kaiser Wilhelm I to the rulers of Sokoto and Gando, which were supposed to secure free trade and traffic in the house states and in Adamaua for the German Empire . However, no territorial reference was made later to the intended colonial privileges, especially vis-à-vis Great Britain. The areas visited by Staudinger and Hartert became largely part of the British Protectorate of Northern Nigeria , while German West Africa remained limited to Togo and Cameroon .
In 1887 Staudinger traveled to Algeria and from 1888 to 1889 to the rear of India and Sumatra . He also participated directly in German colonial policy and after 1890 became a member of the Colonial Council and an employee of the Regional Studies Commission of the Reich Colonial Office . In addition, Staudinger was a committee and board member of the German Colonial Society .
Works (selection)
- In the heart of the Haussalands - trip to western Sudan with a report on the course of the German Niger-Benuë expedition, as well as treatises on climatic, scientific and ethnographic observations in the actual Haussaland. Landsberger, Berlin 1889.
literature
- Conrad Weidmann : German men in Africa - Lexicon of the most outstanding German Africa researchers, missionaries, etc. Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1894, p. 170 f. ( Online version )
Web links
- Staudinger, Paul , in: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon. Volume III, Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, p. 402.
- Paul Staudinger in the German biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staudinger, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Africa traveler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1933 |