Carlo von Erlanger
Baron Carlo von Erlanger ( born September 5, 1872 in Nieder-Ingelheim, † September 4, 1904 in Salzburg ) was a German explorer and ornithologist.
Life
Carlo von Erlanger was the youngest son of Baron Wilhelm von Erlanger and his wife Caroline, born Bernus. In 1891 Erlanger studied ornithology at the University of Lausanne. During this time his first expedition fell to North Africa, which took him four months by the Tunisian desert. After his return depth of Erlanger his studies at Cambridge and Berlin.
In the winter of 1896/1897 he embarked on a second North Africa Expedition. After his return in the spring of 1897 he devoted himself at first the evaluation of the trip, but began to plan shortly thereafter for a third expedition, which was to lead him by the British Protected Areas in Somaliland and East Africa. This journey began 1899. Along with Oskar Neumann, he traveled for two years East Africa. Among others, she Zeyla, Harar and Addis Ababa, as well as the country's Ennia and Arussi Galla.
During this time, Erlanger collected over 20,000 insects, more than 10,000 skins and other animals.
Carlo von Erlanger died one day before his 32nd birthday in Salzburg in a car accident. His body was transferred to the home and buried in the family grave at the low - Ingelheim cemetery.
1917 Erlanger's collection was divided by his mother. A big part was the Senckenberg Museum. Some of them went to the city of Nieder-Ingelheim, which took this as an opportunity to start her own museum.
After Erlanger following types are named:
- Calandrella erlangeri ( Neumann, 1906) and
- Ptychadena erlangeri ( Ahl, 1924)
- Laniarius erlangeri ( RCHW, 1905)
Works
- Carlo von Erlanger and A. Schulz- Parthu (ed.): A look into the land of beautiful Eden. Towpath, Ingelheim, ISBN 3-98058371-6