Paulus Roetter
Paulus Roetter (born January 4, 1806 in Nuremberg , † November 11, 1894 in St. Louis ) was a German-American landscape and plant draftsman.
Live and act
Paulus Roetter studied art in Düsseldorf and Munich . In 1825 he settled in Switzerland . There he taught art and painted landscape miniatures. In 1845 he emigrated to St. Louis in the United States . He worked as a Protestant pastor and teacher. For George Engelmann he made all the drawings for his monograph Cactaceae of the Boundary , published in 1859, about the cactus plants in the Mexican border area. After the American Civil War , Roetter moved to Cambridge to work with Louis Agassiz at Harvard University . He became a lecturer in botanical drawing at Agassiz's Anderson School of Natural History on Penikese Island . In 1884 Roetter returned to St. Louis.
Honor taxon
George Engelmann named the species Cereus roetteri of the cactus family (Cactaceae) in his honor .
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literature
- Lynne Casey: Biografical Sketch . In: Paulus Roetter sketchbook on pines and cactus . 2011, (online) .
- Peggy Samuels, Harold Samuels: The illustrated biographical encyclopedia of artists of the American West . Doubleday, Garden City 1976, ISBN 0385017308 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cactaceae of the Boundary . In: United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, under the Order of Lietu. Col. WH Emory, Major First Cavalry, and United States Commissioner . Volume 2, part 1, Cornelius Wendell, Washington 1859, p. 33, plate 41, (online) .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roetter, Paulus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roetter, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American landscape and plant draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1894 |
| Place of death | St. Louis |