Gustav Schübler

Gustav Schübler ( born August 15, 1787 in Heilbronn, † September 8, 1834 in Tübingen) was a German scientist.

Life

Gustav Schübler was the eldest son of the mayor of Heilbronn Christian Ludwig Schübler ( 1754-1820 ). He first visited the Heilbronner school and later in Ellwangen, where the family had moved to the transition of Heilbronn in Württemberg. In 1806 he began a study of the natural sciences and medicine at the University of Tübingen. After a short time in Vienna he settled down in 1811 as a general practitioner in Stuttgart. In 1812 he went as a teacher at the Institute fur Bergische after Hofwil. Later he was a professor of natural history and botany at the University of Tübingen. He has published widely on science topics. His most important work is the 1834 published Flora of Wurtemberg, which he co-authored with Georg Matthias von Martens and in the first time, all were recorded and described in Württemberg native plants.

Schübler was married from 1819 with the pastor's daughter Caroline Kern ( 1800-1874 ). The marriage resulted in a son.

Writings (selection )

• Studies of the kinds of soil in economic terms (1817 )
• About the vegetation conditions of Switzerland at different heights (1824 )
• The caves of the Württemberg Alp (1824 )
• Studies on the effects of various substances on the life of plants (1826 )
• Principles of Agricultur -Chemie (1831 )
• Principles of meteorology in closer relation to Germany's climate ( 1831)
• Studies of the influence of the moon on the changes in our atmosphere ( 1832)
• Schübler Gustav, Georg Matthias von Martens: Flora of Wurtemberg (1834 )