Karl Johann Gustav Hartlaub (also German Gartlaub Karel Johan Gustav Hartlaub ; November 8, 1814 , Bremen - November 29, 1900 , Bremen ) - German doctor and zoologist .
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Hartlaub " . |
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Life
After studying in Bonn , Berlin and Göttingen, Hartlaub received his Ph.D. in medical sciences in 1838. In his subsequent trips, he began in 1840 with the collection and research of exotic birds, which he bequeathed to the Museum of the Society of Natural History in Bremen. Already in 1844, the collection covered approximately 2,000 copies. Hartlaub first described several species of birds. In 1852, Hartlaub, together with his assistant Jean Louis Cabanis, founded the Journal of Ornithology, to this day the leading German-language magazine in its field.
In 1857, after a trip to Africa, Hartlaub published his main work, The Ornithology System of West Africa, in which he described 758 species of birds. In 1860, the "Systematic Review of Madagascar Birds" was published. He supported Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) in his work on the bird world of Polynesia .
Relatives
Hartlaub's father - Karl Friedrich Ludwig Hartlaub (1792-1874) - was a wealthy merchant in Bremen. He later became a senator in Bremen. His mother was Johannes Elizabeth Hartlaub, educated and possessing artistic flair, nee Buch (1785-1874), who contained a literary salon in her house. She was the daughter of Bremen pastor Philip Ludwig Buch. Both were married in 1813. In the period from 1814 to 1823, the mother gave birth to five children. Hartlaub's only sister was Lina Carolina Elizabeth Dorothea von Isendeher.
On June 9, 1844, Hartlaub married Karolina Stachov in Bremen. Their son Clemens followed in the footsteps of his father and also devoted his life to science [1] .
Honors
Several species of birds are named after Hartlaub:
- Hartlaub Duck ( Pteronetta hartlaubii )
- Angolan thrush thimelia ( Turdoides hartlaubii )
- Sudanese Lesser Bustard ( Lissotis hartlaubii )
- Hartlaub Seagull ( Larus hartlaubii )
- Hartlaub Velvet Weaver ( Euplectes hartlaubi )
- Hartlaub Nectarine ( Nectarinia hartlaubii )
- Blue-crested Turaco ( Tauraco hartlaubi )
Notes
- ↑ Adelung N.N. Gartlaub, Clemens // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins: Whose Bird? Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press (New Haven und London), 2003.
- Hans Christian Andersen, Lina von Eisendecher: Briefwechsel , Wallstein Verlag, 1999, ISBN 978-3-89244-648-4
- Paul Leverkühn: Zur Erinnerung an Dr. Gustav Hartlaub , Journal of Ornithology, Volume 49, Number 3, Juli 1901, ISSN 0021-8375
- Otto Finsch, Zur Versöhnung zweier toten Meister. (Hartlaub-Petényi) , Journal of Ornithology, Volume 50, Number 3, Juli 1902, ISSN 0021-8375