Carl von Heyden
Carl Heinrich Georg von Heyden ( born January 20, 1793 in Frankfurt am Main, † January 7, 1866 ) was a German politician and entomologist ( entomologist ).
Life and work
Carl Heinrich Georg von Heyden was born into a patrician family of Frankfurt, which always stopped the post of Director of the postal service to Cologne 1635-1748. His father was Henry Dominicus von Heyden, his mother Louise of Cloz.
As was customary in the families of Frankfurt upper class, he received private lessons, including by Johann Jacob Gottlieb Scherbius, who had already informed the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Latin. Early on, he dealt with the study of entomology, including through the extensive collections of Johann Isaac Gernings. He studied from 1810 to 1812 Forestry on the run by Johann Matthäus Bechstein Academy of Forestry in Dreißigacker at Meiningen, 1813 at the University of Heidelberg, but took 1814/15 participated in the wars of liberation and then joined as a lieutenant in the line battalion, the regular military of the Free City Frankfurt.
Heyden was a member of the Ganerbschaft to Mrs. Stein. In 1827 he became a senator, deputy later in the war stuff Office and the Forestry Department, which managed the extensive forest holdings of the Free City. In 1836 he was younger mayor. In 1837 he moved up to the jury box, the first bank of the Senate, before and took over in 1845 for the first time the office of elders mayor. 1848, 1850 and 1853, he was re-elected in each case, so led the fate of the city during the turbulent time of the March Revolution and the Frankfurt National Assembly.
Heyden was a politician to the conservative wing of the Senate. On October 20, 1851 committed Johann Philipp Herrlich ( 1818-1868 ) to assassinate him, which ran off lightly, however. Heyden then withdrew, however, more and more from politics and devoted himself exclusively to his research, especially about butterflies. He was a member of 35 scientific societies and associations, including - as co-founder - since 1817 the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, whose entomological section he founded in 1821, the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (1822 ), the Physical Society (1824), the Association of Geography and Statistics ( 1836) and the Association for Science Entertainment. In 64 professional publications, including 34 entomological, he gained international recognition. After Heyden three genera and 33 species of animals and plants are named. 1861 awarded him an honorary doctorate from University of Giessen. Heyden was also a member of the Frankfurt Association for History and Archaeology.
He was married to the daughter of the chief huntsman Master Freiherr von Dörnberg, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. His older son Lukas von Heyden (1838-1915) was first a Prussian officer, but resigned as Major from active duty and continued his father's entomological studies. His younger son, Karl Hermann was a Prussian officer. He is regarded as the founder of scientific faleristics.
Carl Heinrich Georg von Heyden died on 7 January 1866. His grave is located in the main cemetery Frankfurt.