Alexander Eig
Alexander Eig | |
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Born | 1894 |
Died | 30 July 1938 (aged 43–44) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Alexander Eig (
Biography
Alexander Eig was born in Schedrin near Minsk. He used to wander in the forests and join his family on hunting and fishing expeditions observing the plants around. At the age of 15 he immigrated to Palestine, where he became a student at Mikveh Israel agricultural school.
In 1925 he was invited by Otto Warburg to join the agricultural experimental station in Tel Aviv, where he worked with Michael Zohary. A year later, the unit moved to Jerusalem, and they joined the staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. That year he married Itta Faktorovsky, the sister of his closest friend and fellow botanist Elazar Faktorovsky.
In 1931 he graduated with his
On 1937 he was invited by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi to testify before the Peel Commission, on the question of whether the country could sustain a large population. He was later asked to prepare a map that would serve the arguments of the Zionist side in the international arena.
Eig died of cancer in 1938, at the age of less than 44 years. He was buried in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery. His gravestone bears the inscription "The creator of plant science in Israel." He was eulogized by Moshe Sharett, Hugo Bergmann, Judah Leon Magnes and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.
Works
- Eig, Alexander (1926). A contribution to the knowledge of the Flora of Palestine. Tel-Aviv. )
- Eig, Alexander (1927). A second contribution to the knowledge of the flora of Palestine. Bulletin (Zionist Organisation, Institute of Agriculture and Natural History), 6. Tel-Aviv. OCLC 1004245180.)
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Taxonomic patronyms
In honor of Alexander Eig, four
- Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják [2]
- Bellevalia eigii Feinbrun
- Poa eigii Feinbrun
- Salvia eigii Zohary
- Ornithogalum neurostegium subsp. eigii (Feinbrun) Feinbrun
References
- ^ Atrakji, Eleanor (6 July 2014). "The Mount Scopus Botanical Garden for the Flora of Israel". botanic-garden.huji.ac.il. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02.
- S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Eig.