Rudolf Suchsland
Georg Rudolf Emil Suchsland (born April 24, 1839 in Frankfurt am Main , † February 12, 1921 in Swansea ) was a German engineer and mine director. He was in contact with Charles Darwin for the creation of the fourth German edition of Origin of Species .
Life
Rudolf Suchsland, son of the publisher Friedrich Emil Suchsland (1808–1903), studied mechanical engineering at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic . He later moved to the United Kingdom . Until 1861 he worked in Leeds and from at least 1871 in Swansea as director of a mine. In 1874 he received British citizenship.
As an intermediary for his father, Suchsland turned to Charles Darwin on March 10, 1866 and asked him for permission to make a new German edition of Origin of Species . He suggested Friedrich Rolle as translator . Suchsland and Darwin wrote a total of five times. Darwin ultimately turned down Suchsland's offer and stayed with E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung , which Julius Victor Carus chose for the translation of the next edition.
literature
- Thomas Junker, Dirk Backenköhler: Darwin's German publishers and translators until 1882 , Vienna, 1996
- Darwin Correspondence Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Germany Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898, database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLP4-789 : November 28, 2014), Georg Rudolph Emil Suchsland; citing Frankfurt (Main), Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany; FHL microfilm 341,763.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858-1966 , Online p. 401, 1921.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suchsland, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Suchsland, Georg Rudolf Emil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and mine director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1921 |
| Place of death | Swansea |