Karl Emil Lischke

Karl Emil Lischke ( Carl Emil Lischke, born December 30, 1813 in Stettin, † 14 January 1886 in Bonn) was mayor of Elberfeld and malacologist.

Life and work

After studying law in Berlin Lischke 1840, first deputy magistrate in his native city of Szczecin. In 1847 he went as attache to the Prussian Embassy in Washington ( DC). On December 3, 1850 Mayor, in Elberfeld, on January 24, 1854 Mayor until he resigned his office on January 1, 1873 due to illness. On 30 May 1876 he was made ​​an honorary citizen of Elberfeld. After his retirement from government service, he had moved his residence to Bonn, where he died on 14 January 1886.

Almost all his life he traveled widely. In 1837 he emigrated on foot from Stettin to the Spanish border and returned from Bordeaux with the ship. 1852 and 1868 he traveled to northern Africa. In 1875 he traveled in the company of his nephew Ceylon and the East Indies. The newly formed travel diary was printed after his death.

On all journeys he collected natural history material, much of which he donated to the Museum Koenig in Bonn. His studies were mainly in the field of Malacology. His focus was on the Japanese marine mollusks, of which he put a large collection and about which he has published several works. Several species were discovered by him and bear his name. In 1868 he was awarded for his research from the University of Bonn honorary doctorate. In 1873 he sold his collection and his private Library to his friend, the Duisburg pharmacist Theodor Löbbecke ( 1821-1901 ), the natural science museums einrichtete in Dusseldorf, which is still today under the name " Aquazoo - Löbbecke Museum " exists.

Works

• About Civil care of the poor in large cities, sl, 1858
• Japanese marine mollusca: a contribution to the knowledge of the mollusks Japan 's with special regard to the geographical distribution of the same, Cassel 1869/70/74, Volume 1, Volume 2 and 3 ( to some supplements )
• Diary on a trip to the East Indies: written for his loved ones in the home, Bonn 1886

Family

Lischke married in 1854 Alwine von der Heydt ( 1831-1905 ), a niece of the bankers and Prussian Minister August von der Heydt. The marriage produced four children, two daughters and two sons. A daughter was the famous painter Emmy Lischke († May 14, 1919 ).