Wilhelm Weingart
Wilhelm Weingart (born September 4, 1856 in Hildburghausen , Thuringia ; † August 31, 1936 in Georgenthal , Thuringia) was a German porcelain manufacturer and amateur botanist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Weing. "
Life
Wilhelm Weingart was born the son of a porcelain manufacturer in Hildburghausen. His professional career was geared towards taking over his father's business, which had been in the family since 1822. So he also became a technician.
From his earliest childhood he was particularly fond of botany . He was particularly fond of the cacti . Due to his financial independence, he was able to build up a large collection very soon and became known as an expert on the subject beyond the borders of Germany. He shared this passion with his lifelong friend Friedrich Bödeker .
On July 19, 1885, he married Luci Frieda Panse from Hofsberg (Thuringia). A year later his son Wilhelm Reinholt Weingart was born, who later became known as a graduate engineer and director of the German shipyard in Hamburg-Finkenwerder.
On July 2, 1894, the "Technician Wilhelm Weingart in Nauendorf near Ohrdruf" was accepted into the German Cactus Society (DKG).
Dedication names
Only a year after his death, he was in honor of the genus Weingartia of Erich Werdermann published. Other species such as: Mammillaria weingartiana and Leptocereus weingartianus were also named after him.
Works
His more than 40 years membership in the DKG owes him a large number of documented research work in domestic and foreign periodicals. Particular merits are due to him in researching the cereen .
literature
- Alwin Berger : Cacti - instructions for culture and knowledge of the most important introduced species . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1929.
- Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkenhäuser, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 256 .
- Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld: Porcelain of the European factories of the 18th century . Salzwasser Verlag, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-8460-3392-0 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Wilhelm Weingart at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Hirsch: From the society of cactus friends . In: Monthly for Succulents, Volume 4, 1894, p. 114. (online)
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
- ^ Bruno Dölz: Obituary Wilhelm Weingart . In: Kakteenkunde. 1936, issue 10, p. 181
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weingart, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German porcelain manufacturer and amateur botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildburghausen , Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1936 |
| Place of death | Georgenthal , Thuringia |