Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt

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Friedrich Mühlenpfordt 1856

Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt (born January 30, 1803 in Göttingen , † 1891 in Hanover ) was a German botanist and doctor. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Muehlenpf. "; the abbreviation “ Mühlpf. " in use.

Life

Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt was born in his parents' house on January 30, 1803 in Göttingen. After attending grammar school there, he came to Braunschweig in 1819 to learn the art of pharmacy in the Hagenmarkt pharmacy that belonged to his uncle. As early as 1823 he went back to Göttingen to study medicine and natural sciences. He received his doctorate from the medical faculty there in 1826 and, after having passed the state examination at the Hanover Medical School, stayed as a general practitioner in Göttingen. Karl Karmarsch , the founder of the Royal Polytechnic School of Hanover, today's Leibniz University of Hanover , appointed Dr. Friedrich Mühlenpfordt as full professor for zoology and botany. Up to the age of 65 (1868) Mühlenpfordt taught at the Royal Polytechnic School in Hanover. In addition to teaching, Mühlenpfordt was a member of several natural history societies. Scientific works of zoological and botanical content can be found in various journals in these subjects. He was particularly fond of cacti . Here he worked as an expert and author of many new species.

Honor taxon

There have been several plants named after him: mammillaria muehlenpfordtii and today as synonyms applicable types : Coryphantha muehlenpfordtii (Syn by. Coryphantha robustispina and) Thelocactus setispinus var. Muehlenpfordtii (Syn by. Thelocactus setispinus ).

literature

  • Edward F. Anderson : The Cactus Family . Timber Press, Portland (Oregon) 2001, ISBN 0-88192-498-9 , pp. 196 .
  • Karl Karmarsch : The Polytechnic School in Hanover: With three sheets of pictures of the ... Hahnschen Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1856, p. 142 .
  • Royal Polytechnic School (Hanover): Program of the Royal Polytechnic School in Hanover: for the year 1860–1861, directory of teaching staff, zoology and botany . Klindworth's Hof-Druckerei, Hanover 1860.
  • Karl Schumann : Complete description of the cacti (Monographia cactacearum) . J. Neumann, Neudamm 1899, p. 40 ( online ).
  • Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 , p. 793.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolf Tellkampf: The higher citizen school in Hanover . Helwingsche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1845, p. 4.
  2. ^ Hans Rotermund: The faculty of the Technical University of Hanover, 1831-1956 . Catalogus professorum published on the occasion of the 125th anniversary, Techn. Hochschule Hannover 1956, pp. 49, 218.

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personal data
SURNAME Mühlenpfordt, Philipp August Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muehlenpfordt, Ms.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH 1891
Place of death Hanover