Gustav Hartlaub

Karel Johan Gustav Hartlaub ( born November 8, 1814 Bremen, † November 29, 1900 ) was a German physician and zoologist.

Life

After studying in Bonn, where in 1837 he joined the Corps Guestphalia, Berlin and Göttingen doctorate Hartlaub in 1838 as a physician. On his subsequent travels he began in 1840 with the collection and investigation of exotic birds, which he bequeathed to the Museum of Natural History Society in Bremen. In 1844 included the collection around 2000 copies. Some bird species described Hartlaub first. 1852 founded Hartlaub together with his assistant Jean Louis Cabanis the Journal of Ornithology, which to this day leading German -language magazine of their field.

1857 published Hartlaub after a trip to Africa his main work system of Ornithology West Africa's, in which he described 758 species of birds. 1860 followed by a systematic survey of the birds of Madagascar. Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) he finally supported in a work on the birds of Polynesia.

Relationship

The father Hartlaub was the rich merchant from Bremen Carl Ludwig Friedrich Hartlaub ( 1792-1874 ). Later he became a Senator in Bremen. His mother was the educated and art-loving Johanna Elisabeth Hartlaub born book (1785-1874), which maintained a literary salon in her home. She was the daughter of the Bremen pastor Philipp Ludwig book. Both were married in 1813. During the period 1814 to 1823 the mother gave birth to five children. The only sister Hartlaub was Lina Caroline Elisabeth Dorothea of ​​Eisendecher.

On June 9, 1844 Hartlaub Stachow Caroline married in Bremen.

Species names

After Hartlaub a number of birds was named:

  • The Hartlaub duck ( Pteronetta hartlaubii ), 1863 by John Cassin
  • The Weißbürzeldrossling ( Turdoides hartlaubii ) 1868 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage
  • The Hartlaub Bustard ( Lissotis hartlaubii ), 1863 by Theodor von Heuglin
  • The Hartlaubmöwe (Larus hartlaubii ), in 1853 by Carl Friedrich break
  • The Hartlaubwida ( Euplectes hartlaubi ), 1878 by Bocage
  • The Hartlaub Sunbird ( Nectarinia hartlaubii ) 1857 by Hartlaub himself
  • The Hartlaubturako ( Tauraco hartlaubi ), 1884 by Anton Reichenow and Gustav Adolf Fischer
  • The Hartlaub 's Francolin ( Francolinus hartlaubi ), 1869 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage
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