Wolf, Egbert Ludvigovich

Egbert Wolf was born on September 5, 1860 in the family of an artisan in Berlin , where in 1871 - 1876 ​​he received a secondary education at the Real-Gymnasium. Then he moved to the Horticultural School at the Royal Berlin Botanical Garden and studied there, in addition to listening to lectures on botany and dendrology by professors at Berlin University Alexander Brown and Karl Koch . In 1879 he graduated from a practical and theoretical course of study and received the title of academic gardener.

Then E. Wolf entered the Royal Pomological Institute in Pruszków . But he studied there for less than a year, because of the difficult financial situation, he was forced to quit his studies ahead of time (in 1880 ) ^[2] .

After leaving the institute, Wolf continued self-education, but he had to earn a living by various casual work. He traveled through the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Mediterranean region , he studied mountain vegetation in the Alps and the Carpathians , as well as the flora of the Hungarian steppes . Then Wolf worked for some time at the Royal Berlin Botanical Garden, where he processed the collected materials ^[1] .

In 1882, at the invitation of E. L. Regel , Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg , Wolf came to Russia and from February 15 of the same year was enlisted as a gardener and manager of the Novo-Holland Greenhouse Department ^[3] . In this position, he worked for about two years and since September 10, 1884, he occupied the position of senior gardener at the botanical office of the Imperial Military Medical Academy , in charge of greenhouses and a botanical garden for two years ^[4] .

On September 4, 1886, Wolf was enlisted as the chief gardener of the Forest Institute for free employment. Since that time, began his many years of fruitful work in the field of taxonomy and plant introduction . Since 1893 , in addition to the work of the chief gardener, Wolf began to perform the duties of an assistant in the department of dendrology and forestry and conduct practical exercises for students ^[2] .

In November 1889, Wolf filed a petition with the Forest Department for citizenship of the Russian Empire, received it in 1896 .

Wolf tested and acclimatized new plants from around the world in nurseries and dendrological garden of the Forestry Institute. He described many plants for the first time, some of them were bred by selection . He did not just grow various exotic plants, but also made observations of them, took into account how winter-hardy the plant developed a special scale for this. Wolf actually created a dendrological garden, because before him the collection of plants was very small. He also improved the flower garden in front of the main building of the Forest Institute.

In 1918, Wolf became a full-time assistant at the general forestry department of the Forestry Institute ^[2] . He was appointed consultant to the Main Botanical Garden part-time. At the dendrological office of the Department of General Forestry, Wolf organized a special dendrological museum with a special cartographic collection.

In 1922, Wolf was sent by the Forestry Institute and the Agricultural Research Committee to Germany to participate in the German dendrology congress and to become familiar with the current state of dendrology abroad. Upon his return to the USSR, he and his family were deprived of USSR citizenship, but he was given a residence permit ^[3] .

From April 15, 1925, Wolf was enlisted as a scientist (and then as a senior) specialist at the Main Botanical Garden in the Department of Acclimatization in combination. On August 1 of the same year he was appointed head of the park management of the Leningrad Forest Institute ^[3] .

In 1927, Wolf was sent to Pyatigorsk to participate in the design of the resort and the establishment of new tree nurseries in the Kislovodsk park. In 1928, he was sent to Minsk to attend meetings to resolve questions about the establishment of the Minsk Dendrology Park ^[2] .

Wolf died on February 8, 1931 , buried in the park of the Forestry Academy ^{[2] [5]} .

Family

Wolf was married and had a daughter, his wife's name was Matryona Ivanovna Wolf. Daughter - Elizaveta Aleksandrovna Wolf ( 1899 year of birth) ^[2] .

• Wolf E. L. Foliage of trees and shrubs, wild and bred. - SPb. , 1892. - (Practical dendrology).
• Wolf E. L. Trees and shrubs in winter condition. - SPb. , 1892. - (Practical dendrology).
• Volf E.L., Polibin I. The determinant of trees and shrubs in European Russia, the Crimea and the Caucasus in terms of leaves and flowers. - SPb. 1904.
• Wolf E. L. Key to the buds of deciduous trees with falling foliage. - SPb. 1908
• Wolf E. L. New Russian Willows = Salices novae russicae. - Yuriev , 1909.
• Wolf E. L. Popular excursion dendrology. Leaf determination tables. - SPb. 1909
• Wolf E.L. Manual for students of the Imperial Forestry Institute. - SPb. 1912.
• Volf E.L. Tables for determining coniferous cones and fruits included in the program of practical training in dendrology. - SPb. 1912.
• Wolf E. L. Observations on the hardiness of woody plants. - Petrograd, 1917. - (Proceedings of the Bureau of Applied Botany).
• Wolf E. L. The determinant of tree species. - L. , 1924.

• Acer velutinum var. wolfii grf. Schwerin
• Diervilla wolfii CS
• Lonicera syringatha var. wolfii rehd.
• Populus wolfii dode
• Syringa wolfii CS

• The gold medal with the inscription “for zeal” for wearing on the Stanislav ribbon ( 1894 , as proposed by Prince P. Oldenburg ) for participation in the activities of Prince P. Oldenburg Orphanage.
• Gold watch with a gold chain ( 1897 , as proposed by Emperor Alexander III ) - for participating in the creation of the Udelny park .
• The title of Personal Honorary Citizen ( 1897 ) - for organizing the All-Russian Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod .
• Large silver, medium silver and small silver medals (from the Imperial Horticultural Society) - for participating in various exhibitions.
• Bronze medal (from the Society of Agriculture).
• Gold medal with the inscription “for zeal” to be worn on the Annenskaya ribbon ( 1900 , as proposed by the Forestry Institute).
• A gold medal with the inscription “for zeal” to be worn on the St. Andrew’s ribbon ( 1906 , as proposed by the Forestry Institute) ^[2] .
• The title of " Hero of Labor " ( 1924 )
• The title of " Honored Worker of Science and Technology " ( 1930 , as proposed by the Forestry Institute)
• The rank of assistant professor ( 1931 , posthumously)

• Wolf, Egbert Ludvigovich // Big Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (Checked June 26, 2010)