Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach

Karl Lauterbach ( * April 21, 1864 in Breslau, † September 1, 1937 in Breslau district Stabelwitz, full name Karl Adolf Georg Lauterbach ) worked as a biologist and geographer in the study of German New Guinea. His botanical author abbreviation is " Lauterb. ".

Biography

Lauterbach studied botany and agriculture in Breslau and Heidelberg, where he also received his doctorate in 1888. He was married since 1892.

From 1889 to 1891 he undertook a world tour that took him across the United States, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and Java. In March 1890, he stayed on in New Guinea, in the German colony of Kaiser-Wilhelms -Land. On October 8, he broke from Finschhafen out on an expedition to the Astrolabebai on. The expedition went further into the Gogol Valley (about 5 ° 0 ' 0 " S, 145 ° 0' 0" E - 5145).

In 1895 he took over the management of his inherited estates and bought the estate Stabelwitz. The following year he was appointed as expedition leader Ramu expedition. He reached Friedrich- Wilhelm- port on the Szczecin on 29 April 1896. The expedition was aborted due to adverse circumstances soon. However, it was followed by a further exploration in the field of Oertzen Mountains. It was found that the Bismarck Mountains consists of crystalline rocks and gold deposits are likely.

Another expedition in 1899 led to the discovery of gold deposits and the re- discovery of the river Ramu, who had already been discovered by Georg von Schleinitz three years earlier than Ottilienfluß.

From 1898 to 1905, Lauterbach, who was also a captain in the militia, director of Guinea 's Company in Berlin. He was a professor E. H. awarded. Along with Karl Moritz Schumann he wrote the work The flora of the German protectorates in the South Seas (1900, supplements 1905).

From 1907 he devoted himself to the work-up of his collections on his estate.

Honors

The plant genera Lauterbachia perk. and Clarorivinia Pax et K.Hoffm. have been named in his honor.