Friedrich J. Grabowsky
Friedrich Johann Grabowski | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 27, 1857 Olecko, Province of Prussia |
| Died | January 20, 1929 (aged 71) Wrocław, Weimar Republic |
| Known for | Director of the Wrocław Zoo |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology, Speleology |
| Institutions | Wrocław Zoological Garden |
Friedrich Johann Grabowski,[1] also spelled as Fryderyk Grabowski and Grabowsky,[2] (27 January 1857 – 20 January 1929) was a German biologist and speleologist,[3] director of the Wrocław Zoo between 18 March 1901 and 20 January 1929 (with an interruption from 1921 to 1927).
He undertook two major naturalist expeditions: in 1880 to India, Ceylon and Borneo, and in 1886–1887 to New Guinea. In addition to collecting specimens, he also carried out ethnological observations.[3] From 1891 he worked at the Natural History Museum in Braunschweig.[3] In 1901 he became director of the Wrocław Zoo. After its closure in 1921 for financial reasons, Grabowski worked for its reopening in 1927, when he once again became director.[4] His main research field was botany, but he also conducted zoological studies, including ornithological work.[3] In 1901 he became a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[5]
Taxa named after Grabowski
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia ameghinoi Speg. – Nov. Add. Fl. Patag. ii. (1902), repr. 48.
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia boerhaaviaefolia Kuntze – Revis. Gen. Pl. 3, pt. 2: 221. 1898
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia geniculata C.L.Hitchc. – Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 331. 1932
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia glauca I.M.Johnst. – Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 112. 1929
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia megalosperma Speg. – Nov. Add. Fl. Patag. ii. (1902), repr. 46.
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia schizocalyx Dammer – Meded. Rijks-Herb. 29: 22. 1916
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia sodiroi Bitter – Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 23: 120. 1914
- Solanaceae: Grabowskia spegazzinii Dusén – Ark. Bot. 7, no. 2: 33, pl. 4, 8. 1907
- Araceae: Cryptocoryne grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. 28.
- Araceae: Homalomena grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arac. Homalomen.-Schismatoglott. 45 (1912).
- Araceae: Piptospatha grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arac. Homalomen.-Schismatoglott. 125 (1912).
- Araceae: Rhynchopyle grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. 20.
- Araceae: Schismatoglottis grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arac. Homalomen.-Schismatoglott. 121 (1912).
References
- ^ Taką wersję pisowni nazwiska podaje Solski L., Strehlow H., 2015: 150 lat ZOO Wrocław. Wyd. ZOO Wrocław sp. z o.o., Wrocław, p. 62. ISBN 978-83-936847-2-4, this spelling is also in Grabowski's handwritten signature in his diary, see photo in: Solski & Strehlow, p. 92
- ^ This spelling is found in guides to the zoo authored by Grabowski, see reproductions in Solski L., Strehlow H., 2015, p. 76
- ^ a b c d Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62
- ^ Solski, Strehlow 2015, pp. 62, 92, 97
- ^ https://www.leopoldina.org/mitgliederverzeichnis/mitglieder/member/Member/show/Friedrich-Grabowsky/ Entry in the Leopoldina membership list
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria grabowskyi, p. 105).
Bibliography
- Mirosław Syniawa, Biograficzny słownik przyrodników śląskich, vol. 1, Centrum Dziedzictwa Przyrody Górnego Śląska, Katowice 2006, pp. 119–120 (with photograph)
External links
- "Geschichte von Breslau". breslau-wroclaw.de. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31.
- "Polonika w łacińskich nazwach roślin – spis taksonów nazwanych nazwiskiem Grabowskiego". lonicera.hg.pl. Archived from the original on 2011-06-19.