Maximilian Perty

Josef Anton Maximilian Perty ( born September 17, 1804 in Ornbau, Bavaria; † August 8, 1884 in Bern, Switzerland ) was a German entomologist and natural philosopher. He was professor at the University of Bern.

Life

Perty drew as a child (1807 ) to Munich. He attended high school in Munich and Tolz. To study the natural sciences and medicine, he moved to Landshut. In 1824 he became a member of the Corps Isaria. In 1826 he received his doctorate at the University of Landshut MD; but he did not want to work as a general practitioner, but as a scientist.

When the university was moved in 1827 from Landshut to Munich, he worked with the curator and natural philosophers God Help Heinrich von Schubert in the zoological- zootomischen collection of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, which later became the Zoological State Collection Munich. He edited the insects that Johann Baptist von Spix (1781 - 1826) was collected on a journey together with Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius 1817-1820 in Brazil. This Perty 622 described insect species, including 308 species of beetles. He worked at first without, then with low pay, but without permanent employment. Perty was indeed supported by Martius, yet did not get the desired job in the academy. He gave lectures for young zoologists. Habilitated in 1831, could now keep as a private lectures. The end of 1833 he moved to Bern, where he became full professor in 1834 the newly founded university. Perty published, among other things rotifers ( Rotifera ), infusoria, beetles ( Coleoptera) and bees. In 1861 he became a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Writings

  • Delectus Animalium quae Articulatorum in itinere by Brasiliam Annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX Iussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis Augustissimi, percato collegerunt Dr JB de Spix et Dr. CF Ph. de Martius, 1830-1834
  • Observationes nonnulae in Coleoptera Indiae orientalis, Munich 1831 ( habilitation thesis )
  • As to the higher importance of science and its position in our time. An academic opening speech, Bern 1835 ( digitized )
  • Universal Natural History and humanity as a philosophical science, 1837-1846 ( digitized: Volume 1 1837 Volume 2 1838 Volume 3 1843 Volume 4 1846)
  • For the knowledge of the smallest life forms, 1852 ( digitized )
  • Broad ethnography, Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1859 ( digitized )
  • The mystical phenomena in human nature Leipzig 1861 ( digitized ), 2nd edition 1872 (2 volumes)
  • The reality of magical forces and effects of man defended against the adversaries. A supplement to the author's " mystical phenomena of human nature ", 1863 ( digitized )
  • About the mental life of animals, Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1865 ( digitized ), 2nd edition 1876
  • The nature in the light of philosophical contemplation, Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1869
  • Glimpses into the hidden life of the human spirit, Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1869 ( digitized )
  • The current spiritualism and related experiences of the past and present. A supplement to the author's " mystical phenomena of human nature ", 1877 ( digitized )
  • Memoirs of the life of nature and soul researcher of the 19th century, Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1879
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