Richard Karlowitsch Maack
Richard Karlowitsch Maack ( Russian Ри́чард Ка́рлович Маак ; * 23 August July / 4 September 1825 greg. In Arensburg on Ösel , today Estonia ; † 13 November July / 25 November 1886 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Baltic German - Russian naturalist , educator and explorer of Siberia and the Far East of Russia.
Life
After visiting the State University of Saint Petersburg , Maack was a teacher from 1852 and later a grammar school director in Irkutsk , from 1868 to 1879 chief inspector for the schools of Eastern Siberia , then a councilor of the Russian Ministry of Education in the capital.
In the 1850s Maack undertook a series of expeditions, so from 1853 to 1855 in the Vilyuy River Circle (now part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) ), where he first orography , geology and population of the catchment areas of Vilyuy River , Tschona and Olenjok examined and described, from 1855 to 1856 in the Amur area and - after its annexation to the Russian Empire - from 1859 to 1860 in the Ussuri area .
Maack also described several new plant species, mostly in Eduard August von Regel's Tentamen florae ussuriensis.
Honors
In honor of Richard Maack of the Austro-Russian botanist named Franz Josef Ruprecht the Manchurian or Amur cherry ( Prunus maackii ), the honeysuckle Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) and the Pea genus of Maackia with the Asian yellowwood ( Maackia amurensis ). The knight butterfly Papilio maackii was also named in his honor.
Works
- The first botanical news about the Amurland . Second division: trees and bushes. [16.-28. January 1857] Observed by Richard Maack, determined by FJ Ruprecht . Digitized
(all published in Russian)
- Trip to the Amur on behalf of the Siberian section of the Russian Geographical Society 1855 ( Путешествие на Амур, совершенное по распоряжению Сибирского отдела бутешествие на Амур, 1855 ;
- Journey through the Ussuri Valley ( Путешествие по долине реки Уссури ; 2 volumes, 1861)
- Description of the flora of the Ussuri region ( Очерк флоры Уссурийской страны ; 1862)
- The Viljui District of Yakutsk Oblast ( Вилюйский округ Якутской области ; 3 volumes, 1877–1886)
- The government Yenisejsk ( Енисейская губерния ; part of the description of the places in Russia )
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Richard Karlowitsch Maack. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Richard Maack in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maack, Richard Karlowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Маак, Ричард Карлович (Cyrillic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic-Russian naturalist, educator and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1886 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |