Richard Neuhauss
Richard Gustav Neuhauss (born October 17, 1855 in Blankenfelde ; † February 9, 1915 in Groß-Lichterfelde ) was a German doctor and, as an anthropologist, a promoter of scientific photography.
Life path
Richard Neuhauss studied medicine in Heidelberg and Berlin. At the University of Leipzig , he was in 1883 for Dr. med. PhD . He was married.
In 1884 he went on a world tour. From 1904 he was established as a general practitioner in Berlin-Lichterfelde. As an anthropologist, he is particularly interested in scientific photography. In 1894 he became director and editor of the Photographische Rundschau . During these years he received a professorship (probably "eh").
From 1908 to 1910 he did research in German New Guinea . In 1909 he went on an expedition to the Laewomba area with several missionaries . He then did research in the area of the Huon Gulf . On the Sepik he meets the botanist Richard Schlechter and Otto Schlaginhaufen . During this time he wrote a three-volume work.
In 1914 he was planned as a member of the planned German-English airship expedition to explore New Guinea. He was also a member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory .
After the outbreak of the First World War, he headed an epidemic station in Berlin-Lichterfelde. While doing this job he died of a diphtheria infection .
Fonts
chronologically
- Our colony of German New Guinea . Weimar 1914.
- German New Guinea. Berlin 1911, 3 volumes.
- Textbook of projection , Wilhelm Knapp, Halle / Saale 1901,
- Photography on expeditions and cloud photography (Encyclopedia of Photography 5).
- The Hawaiian Islands . Habel, Berlin 1886 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
literature
- Karl Baumann, Dieter Klein, Wolfgang Apitzsch: Biographical Handbook German New Guinea. 1882-1922. Brief résumés of colonists, explorers, missionaries and travelers. 2nd improved edition. Baumann, Fassberg 2002, p. 338.
- Markus Schindlbeck : Neuhauss, Richard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 128 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Markus Schindlbeck: Volcanoes and lepers. Richard Neuhauss and his photographs of Hawaii. In: Baessler archive. Contributions to ethnology . Vol. 48, 2000, ISSN 0005-3856 , pp. 345-378.
- Small messages ; Personal details and awards (Nekrolog von F. [ritz] H. [ansen]), in: Photographische Korrespondenz , 52nd year, Vienna a. Leipzig 1915, pp. 94-95
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Neuhauss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Richard Neuhauss photographed Otto Lilienthal in flight in 1895 . List of known photos on the website of the Otto Lilienthal Museum .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photographische Rundschau. Magazine for friends of photography. Edited and directed by Dr. R. Neuhauss, pract. Doctor in Berlin W., Landgrafenstrasse 11. ZDB-ID: 516914-8 (1st year 1887)
- ^ Olaf Halle: The planned German-English airship expedition over New Guinea in 1914. In: Philatelie . 11/2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neuhauss, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neuhauss, Richard Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician, anthropologist and scientific photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blankenfelde |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1915 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Lichterfelde |