Wilhelm Mussehl

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Wilhelm Mussehl , completely Wilhelm Christian Ludwig Mussehl , in the USA William Mussehl (born December 3, 1803 in Lübbersdorf , † April 16, 1889 in Newark (New Jersey) ) was a German-American Lutheran clergyman, naturalist, member of the Mecklenburg Assembly and Journalist.

Life

Wilhelm Mussehl was a son of the estate inspector Johann Christoph Mussehl. He attended high school in Friedland (Mecklenburg) and studied Protestant theology at the universities of Greifswald and Halle . After completing his studies, he first became a private tutor in Brunn (Mecklenburg) . In 1830 he was appointed pastor in Kotelow . Here he developed an extensive activity aimed at improving the living conditions of the village population: he founded a public library and was interested in entomology , beekeeping and horticulture . In 1835 he founded the practical weekly paper for agriculture and housekeeping, trade and commerce , which appeared in Neubrandenburg until 1867 . His extensive collection of butterflies was destroyed in the fire in the rectory in 1839.

In 1848 he was elected to the Mecklenburg-Strelitz / Stargardischer Kreis 11: Friedland constituency as a member of the Mecklenburg Assembly of Representatives. There he joined the parliamentary group (left) center and was elected to the economic committee. In April 1849 he resigned; His place was taken from April 13th by the cloth maker Michaelis from Friedland.

After the collapse of democratic aspirations , he had to resign in 1852. Together with his son-in-law, the high school teacher Johann Arndt (1818–1875), he acquired the property Wissulke (near Schneidemühl), Lubbin (near Bütow) and Kriefkohl (near Hohenstein). In 1855 he emigrated to the USA. The children Mathilde and Otto followed in 1856; his wife Pauline, b. Runge (1807–1887), a niece of Philipp Otto Runge and sister of Daniel Runge (pastor) , followed him to New York City in 1863 with the remaining children Marie, Betty, Rudolf, Henrike and Johann , then Hermann and Carl. The daughter Pauline Arndt followed in 1875 after the death of her husband.

From 1862 he took part in the American Civil War as a volunteer with three of his sons . He served in the 68th regiment of the New York Infantry as a chaplain on the staff of Felix zu Salm-Salm . On November 30, 1865, the regiment was disbanded.

Mussehl then worked as a teacher at College Point and from 1867 as a journalist in Hoboken for the New Jersey People's Newspaper , the Hoboken Journal and observer at the Passaic . In 1869 he describes himself as a teacher of the old and newer languages .

When he died in 1889, he left 10 children, 30 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. His body was as Georg Kruger Haye noted in the crematorium burned .

Dedication names

A British butterfly species Conchylida Argyrolepia Musseliana is named after Mussehl .

Works

  • (Translated by Thomas Nutt) Instructions for ventilation beekeeping, or new and humane method of bee care, whereby the life of the bees is preserved and honey of the best kind is obtained in the largest amount with easy effort: In addition to a natural history of bees. Neustrelitz: Dümmler 1834;
2nd, greatly increased and illustrated edition Neustrelitz: Dümmler 1837 ( digitized version )
3rd edition under the title: Complete instructions for beekeeping according to Nutt's ventilation method. Neubrandenburg: Brünslow 1844
  • Report on the profitability of ventilation beekeeping: together with information on important experiences in the same and description of a simplified and improved wing hive; (An indispensable addition of the author "Instructions for ventilation beekeeping according to Nutt"). Neustrelitz: Dümmler 1835
  • (Ed.) Instructions for women to furnish country life in a practical, economical and elegant way and to enjoy it intelligently / translated from English by L. Lehnert. Neubrandenburg: Brünslow 1846
  • Directory and explanation of American historical, geographical and political surnames, nicknames and mock names. (Last names and nicknames) Hoboken, NJ: HD Gerdts 1869

literature

  • Georg Krüger : The pastors in Stargard since the Reformation. In: Year books of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Antiquity 69 (1904), pp. 1–270 ( full text ), p. 92
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 6930 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Krüger (lit.)
  2. ^ Julius Wiggers : The Mecklenburg constituent assembly and the preceding reform movement: A historical account. 1850, pp. 64 and 76
  3. ^ Soldier Details , accessed January 1, 2014;
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York. Volume 1, Albany 1866, p. 273
  5. ^ Title page listing and explanation of American historical, geographical and political surnames, nicknames and mock names. (Last names and nicknames) Hoboken, NJ: HD Gerdts 1869
  6. ↑ Krüger (lit.)
  7. ^ Oxford University Entomological Society: An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera: with hints on the derivation of the names. London 1858, p. 75
personal data
SURNAME Mussehl, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mussehl, Wilhelm Christian Ludwig (full name); Mussehl, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American Lutheran clergyman, naturalist, member of the Mecklenburg Assembly of Representatives and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Luebbersdorf
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1889
Place of death Newark (New Jersey)