Franz Stuhlmann
Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann ( born October 29, 1863 in Hamburg, † November 19, 1928 ) was a German zoologist and explorer.
Life
Franz Stuhlmann was born on 29 October 1863 in Hamburg, the son of an architect. After attending the grammar school he studied natural sciences in Hamburg, Tübingen and Freiburg. During this time he also did his military service. In October 1886 he reached the rank of Second Lieutenant in the reserve in the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113. With a zoological work on the eelpout he received his doctorate in the same year Dr. phil .. In 1887 he continued his studies at the Zoological Institute in Kiel continued until he was an assistant professor of zoology at the Karl Semper at the University of Würzburg. Inspired by the curriculum vitae of his professor, he had taken to the Philippines and Indonesia in the years 1858-1865 traveling extensively, and familial connections to the Hamburg trading company Hansing & Co., with offices in East Africa, chair man wanted not only by the way of the habilitation University Professor be, but is also evident through research trips to the test.
With financial support from the Academy of Sciences of Berlin, he broke up in February 1888 to East Africa, with the intention to explore the lower animal world. He conducted research in Zanzibar, on the opposite mainland coast and at the mouth of the Zambezi in resort. In 1889, he worked on Zanzibar and the coastal towns of Pangani and Bagamoyo. The since September 1888 held so-called Arab uprising gave him the opportunity to participate as a reserve lieutenant and volunteer at an assault at Mlembule. He suffered on January 4, 1890 a leg wound. After recovery, he was a lieutenant D. R. and naturalists the opportunity to participate in an expedition to Emin Pasha Lakes region of East Africa. The expedition started on April 26, 1890 in Bagamoyo on seven Germans, 150 askaris and 400 carriers. After a smallpox epidemic, he had to continue the healthy participants of Undussuma near Lake Albert. After vainly waiting for Emin Pasha, he continued his journey to the coast.
Franz Stuhlmann returned after 26 months, on 12 July 1892 of the expedition to Bagamoyo back. The following day he suffered through the rigors of a previous health breakdown. From this trip he brought valuable cartographic material to Germany, from which a map of German East Africa was. After recovery, he traveled back to Europe, where he received several honors for his services rendered. His collected during the expedition botanical, zoological, ethnological and geographical material found in 1894 reflected in his 901seitigen book " With Emin Pasha into the heart of Africa" . To keep Franz Stuhlmann in the colonial service, he was hired as " off-budget moderate official with rank of captain for cartographic and scientific studies ." On 18 December 1893, he began his service in German East Africa. From 1900 to 1901 he traveled to British and Dutch East Indies in order to evaluate lessons learned for agriculture in German East Africa on local experimental stations can. On 2 June 1901 he returned to Dar es Salaam. 1903 he was appointed by Franz Stuhlmann director of the biologically - Agricultural Institute at Amani / German East Africa in the eastern Usambara Mountains. His reputation grew with the success of the Institute. 1905/ 06 was with him, the physician Robert Koch, which dealt with the investigation of sleeping sickness. Also the explorer Rwanda and later dortiger Imperial Resident, Richard Kandt, lived for several weeks with him. During the absence of the Governor of German East Africa Gustav Adolf of idols 1904/ 05 Franz Stuhlmann was his deputy.
After a home leave was followed on December 12, 1906 his last return to East Africa. Early 1908 was found chair 's Tropendienstuntauglichkeit and so he returned the same year returned to his hometown of Hamburg. Despite his health problems emerged in 1907 in Amani still significant portions of his 1909 published 907seitigen book "Contributions to the Cultural History of East Africa " ( subtitle: " General considerations and studies on the introduction and economic importance of crop plants and domestic animals with special reference to German East Africa " ). Multiple malaria, five blackwater fever, rheumatic pain, neuritis and polyneuritis had the health of the 45 -year-old shattered and recommended the permanent return to Europe. His new position he took in 1908 in the Colonial Institute in Hamburg, which should serve the training of colonial officials and the documentation of scientific knowledge and economic colonial aspirations. In 1910 he entered upon application to retirement. 1921 was followed by a new tenure. He became a director of the successor institution of the Colonial Institute, the Hamburg Institute of International Economics. In November 1928 symptoms of colon cancer were observed in the 65 -year-old man chair. Just a few days after a good performance of surgery, he died on November 19, 1928 from heart failure. His final resting he took at the cemetery in Hamburg- Ohlsdorf.
Documents
Works
- Report on a trip in the rear of Bagamoyo, in Ukami and Uluguru messages from explorers and scholars from the German protectorates, 7 ( 1894) sa http://edocs.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2007/9171/
- Zoological results of a in the coastal areas of East Africa travel undertaken 1888-90 ( 1893-1901 )
- With Emin Pasha into the heart of Africa ( 1894)
- Contributions to the Cultural History of East Africa (1909 )
- Trade and industry in East Africa: kulturgeschichtl. Considerations (1910 ) online at archive.org