Wilhelm Karl Petzold

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Wilhelm Karl Petzold (born February 8, 1848 in Keutschen ; † July 24, 1897 in Pouch ) was a German geographer and botanist . Petzold was a teacher at the secondary school in Braunschweig .

Life

Petzold was born the son of a pastor. He attended the traditional school in Schulpforta . At the age of 17 he lost both parents. Petzold first began to study theology at the University of Halle , which he interrupted in 1870 because of his participation in the Franco-German War . During the campaign he experienced the siege of Paris and the battle at Epiney. After returning to the University of Halle, he now studied natural sciences.

As a teacher of natural sciences, he first worked at the grammar school in Neubrandenburg , later he went to the grammar school in Weißenburg in Alsace . In 1876 he received his doctorate from the University of Halle with the dissertation on the distribution of the tannin in the branches and leaves of our woody plants to obtain a doctorate in natural sciences . For a short time he studied geography again at the University of Halle, among others with Alfred Kirchhoff . After completing his studies, Petzold was appointed to the secondary school in Braunschweig as a teacher of geography in 1880 and was awarded the title of professor. The ducal Braunschweig Ministry of Culture also entrusted him with the management of the examination committee for candidates for higher education authorities in the subject of geography.

Petzold died unexpectedly on July 24, 1897, at the age of 49, of a heart attack in Pouch. He had been married to Susanna, the daughter of the Halberstadt cathedral preacher, Lange, since 1880. The couple had two sons. The only daughter died in 1887.

Petzold was the author of numerous specialist publications. He was a co-author and reviewer for the Pedagogical Archive. The monthly for education, teaching and science, in which, among other things , in 1884 he described the characteristics of a geographical curriculum for the secondary school , calculated for the end of six years , in 1887 the importance of Greek for the understanding of plant names and in the same year the position of geography in the more recent Prussian examination regulations for the teaching post at secondary schools and in 1892 published tasks and questions from the field of astronomical geography . In 1891 the second edition of the Guide to Teaching Astronomical Geography was published in two parts. In 1897, together with the geographer Richard Lehmann, he was the editor of the atlas for middle and upper classes of higher education institutions . He wrote some essays on Braunschweigische Landeskunde and reissued the Bamberg school wall maps . Petzold also worked on the manual for Andree's General Handbook . His botanical author abbreviation was W.Petz .

Publications (selection)

author

  • About the distribution of the tannin in the branches and leaves of our woody plants. ( Dissertation ), Halle 1876.
  • Botanical notes on the flora of Mecklenburg. Neubrandenburg 1876.
  • Directory of the vascular plants growing wild and more frequently cultivated in the area around Weissenburg in Alsace. Weißenburg 1879.
  • The meaning of the Greek for the understanding of the plant names. Braunschweig 1886.
  • The mass production of seeds in the plant world. Arnstadt 1887.
  • Popular plant names from the northern part of Braunschweig. Arnstadt 1890.
  • Guide to teaching astronomical geography. 2 parts, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1891–1892.
  • Questions and tasks (with solutions) from the field of astronomical geography. Bielefeld 1892.

editor

  • Directory of the literature related to the regional studies of the Duchy of Braunschweig. Braunschweig 1886.
  • Atlas for middle and upper classes of higher educational institutions. with Richard Lehmann, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1897.
  • Atlas for the lower classes of higher educational institutions. with Richard Lehmann, Bielefeld 1899.

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personal data
SURNAME Petzold, Wilhelm Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Germans
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1897
Place of death Pouch