Eduard Strasburger
Eduard Adolf Strasburger (1 February 1844 – 18 May 1912) was a
Life
Eduard Strasburger was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, the son of Krystyna Anna (von Schütz) and Edward Bogumił Strasburger (1803–1874).[2][3] In 1870, he married Aleksandra Julia Wertheim (1847–1902), they had two children: Anna (1870–1942) and Julius (1871–1934).
Strasburger studied
Strasburger died in Bonn, Germany.
Achievements
Strasburge was a founder of the famous Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen (Textbook of Botany), which first appeared in 1894. He was the first to provide an accurate description of the embryonic sac in
Together with
Awards
He was awarded the
Family
Strasburger was married to the pianist Alexandra Julie ("Alexandrine") Wertheim (1847–1902, daughter of the banker and councillor Julius Wertheim 1817–1901 from Warsaw, half sister of
Works
- On Cell Formation and Cell Division, 1876 – a book in which he set forth the basic principles of mitosis.
- Ueber das Verhalten des Pollens und die Befruchtungsvorgänge bei den Gymnospermen: Schwärmsporen, Gameten, pflanzliche Spermatozoiden und das Wesen der Befruchtung. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1892.
- Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen, 1st ed., 1894; 4th ed., 1900, digital edition by ULB Düsseldorf; 5th ed., 1902, by ULB Düsseldorf; 8th ed., 1906, by ULB Düsseldorf; 16th ed., 1923, available at BHL; 33rd ed., 1991; 36th ed. 2008. Translated to English, Estonian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish. A complete list of editions and translations up to 1994 is given in Finke et al. (1994)[5]
- A Textbook of botany, 1st ed., 1898, English translation of the 2nd German ed. (1895), available at BHL. Macmillan, London.
- Das kleine botanische Practicum für Anfänger : Anleitung zum Selbststudium der mikroskopischen Botanik und Einführung in die mikroskopische Technik, 4th ed., 1902, digital edition by ULB Düsseldorf.
See also
- List of Poles
Notes
- ISBN 83-223-1876-6.
- ISBN 9788306016062.
- ^ a b c Klaus Oskar Leyde: Strasburger. In: Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Band 207 (56. Allgemeiner Band), C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg 1998, S. 227–242.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Strasb.
- ^ Finke, Bresinsky, Denffer, Ehrendorfer, Mägdefrau, Sitte, Ziegler & Lucius (1994). "100 Jahre Strasburgers Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen". Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Jena, New York.
References
- "Strasburger, Eduard Adolf" Encyclopædia Britannica (1979 ed)
- "Science is in a Constant Flow": Live and Work of Eduard Strasburger (1844–1912)
- Family Tree maintained by great-great-grandniece Elonka Dunin
- Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Band 207. C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn. 1998. p. 527 pages.
- Finke, H.M., A. Besinsky, D. von Denffer, F. Ehrendorfer, K. Mägdefrau, P. Sitte, H. Ziegler, W.D. von Lucius (1994): 100 Jahre Strasburgers Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen, 1894–1994. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart/ Jena / New York. 168 Seiten.
- Alt, W., K. P. Sauer: Biologie an der Universität Bonn. Eine 200-jährige Ideengeschichte. In: Bonner Schriften zur Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Band 8. V&R unipress, 2016 (hdl.handle.net).
- Strasburger, Eduard; Fritz Noll; Heinrich Schenck; Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1898). A Text-book of Botany. Translated by Hobart Charles Porter. Macmillan Publishers. p. 632 pages.