Wilhelm Sievers

Friedrich Wilhelm " Willy " Sievers ( born December 3, 1860 in Hamburg, † June 11, 1921 in Gießen ) was a professor of geography at the University of Giessen and Privy Councillor. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " W.Siev. ".

  • 2.1 South America
  • 2.2 General Regional Geography
  • 2.3 Miscellaneous

Services

Expeditions in South America

Geography

Output of large-scale general geography in four editions (1891-1935) at the Bibliographical Institute, over several decades, internationally the standard work of geography. A Russian translation of the first edition was published in 1902-1908.

Home Research in Hesse

Sievers 1896 was founder and ( until 1908 ) Chairman of the Society for ground and Ethnology at Giessen. He led the editors of Scripture Series of the Association, Geographical messages from Hessen (I- VI, casting 1900-1911 ). Also, the font can be called to knowledge of the Taunus (Stuttgart 1891).

Publications (selection)

South America

  • Travel in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 1887
  • Venezuela, 1888
  • The Cordillera of Mérida, together with remarks on the Caribbean Mountains, 1888
  • Second journey in Venezuela during the years 1892-93, 1896
  • The sources of the Marañon Amazon, 1910
  • Travel in Peru and Ecuador, Executed in 1909, 1914

General Area Studies

Main article: General Area Studies

  • General geography: First edition in five volumes, 1891-95
  • General Area Studies: Second edition in six volumes, 1901-05
  • General geography: Small edition in two volumes, 1907
  • General Area Studies: Third edition in six volumes, 1914 ( Due to the outbreak of war incomplete edition )
  • General geography: Limit. by W. Sievers, Third / Fourth Edition, 1924-35

Others

  • On the Dependence of the current denomination distribution in southwest Germany from the former territorial borders (Dissertation, February 15, 1882), Göttingen 1884.
  • For information of the Taunus, Stuttgart, 1891
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