Rodolfo Amando Philippi
Rudolph Amandus Philippi ( in Spanish also Rodolfo Amando Philippi ) ( born 14 September 1808 in Berlin -Charlottenburg, † July 23, 1904 in Santiago de Chile ) was a German paleontologist, botanist, zoologist and malacologist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Phil ".
Life and work
Philippi studied medicine in Berlin, but then left at a young age Germany and embarked on a multi-year journey through Italy and Sicily to cure even in the mild climate of the Mediterranean region from a serious illness, to which he believed to suffer. In 1835 he became a teacher of zoology and botany at the higher commercial school in Kassel, which he left in 1850 as director. During this time, he again spent two years (1838-1840) in Italy.
In 1851 Philippi moved to Chile and was commissioned in 1853 with the leadership of the Lyceum to Valdivia; in October of the same year he was appointed professor of botany and zoology at the University of Santiago de Chile. Where he led both the botanical garden at Santiago in Chile as well as the newly established Museum of Natural History for over 40 years. He created comprehensive collections of fauna and flora of the country on numerous research trips through the countryside. He is considered one of the fathers of modern science in Chile and has the largest share of it, that this was one of the most important natural history museums in South America. Philippi was a contemporary of Alexander von Humboldt and was much appreciated by this.
He is the father of the botanist Federico Philippi ( Friedrich Heinrich Krumwiede Eunom Philippi; 1838-1910 ).
Honors
In his honor, the plant genera were
- Philippiamra Kuntze the Montiaceae family
- Philippi Ella Speg. of the carnation family ( Caryophyllaceae )
Named.
Even today's Philippi in Berlin- Charlottenburg was named in honor of Philippi in 1906 after him. In addition, Philippi was a longtime correspondent member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory, and was appointed to an honorary member in 1900.
Works
Philippi numerous publications move in the fields of zoology, paleontology, natural history and botany. After thousands are discovered by him and the newly described species of animals (especially mollusks ) and plant the Chilean flora. A list of all his works is hardly possible. Have a special significance but, among other things:
- Illustrations and descriptions of new or little known mollusca. Theodor Fischer, Cassel 1842-1850 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.10589
- Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium growth in Tellure tertiara Fossilium. Schropp, Berlin 1836; 2nd Edition: Eduard Anton, Halle, 1844
- The so-called Atacama desert. In: Mittheilungen from Justus Pertes geographical institution. Petermann; Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1856.
- Made trip through the Atacama desert to command the Chilean government in the summer of 1853-54 and bechrieben, by DR ... along with a map and XXVII panels. Eduard Anton, Hall 1860 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7178
- Florula atacamensis enumeratio seu plantarum qaias ... Eduard Anton, Halle 1860
- Elementos de historia natural. 4th Edition, 1885
- Elementos de botanica. In 1885.
Other publications:
- Contributions to the knowledge of the Tertiaerversteinerungen of northwestern Germany. Theodor Fischer, Kassel 1843 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.44897
- Enumeration of the Chilean Diptera. Vienna 1865 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.9295
- The Tertiary and Quaternary fossils in Chile. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1887, doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.15048
- Las especies chilenas del jénero Mactra. Santiago de Chile 1893 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.11096
- Plantas nuevas Chilenas. Santiago de Chile 1893-1896 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.8592
- Los fósiles secundarios de Chile. Santiago de Chile 1899 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.13904
- Figuras i descripciones de aves chilenas. Santiago de Chile 1902 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.14390