Fedor Jagor
Fedor Jagor | |
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| Born | 30 November 1816 |
| Died | 11 February 1900 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Southwest Cemetery in Stahnsdorf |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Ethnologist, naturalist and explorer |
Andreas Fedor Jagor (30 November 1816 – 11 February 1900) was a German
Life and work
Fedor Jagor dealt with
Pacific Islands. He stayed on the island of Java and the rest of the Indonesian archipelago from 1873 to 1876 and from 1890 to 1893.[1]
Since 1869, Jagor had been a member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory (
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[1]
Jagor maintained an extensive correspondence with Rudolf Virchow and recorded his own travel experiences and observations in several books. He bequeathed his ethnographic collections, including 700 paper negatives of photographs, to the Ethnological Museum of Berlin.[3] His fortune and art collection were donated to the city of Berlin. Following a reburial, his tomb is located at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery.[1]
Writings (selection)
- "Singapore, Malacca, Java: Travel Sketches" Singapore, Malacca, Java: Reiseskizzen. J. Springer, Berlin 1866
- Travels in the Philippines. London: Chapman and Hall. 1875.
- "East Indian trade with regard to the European labor market" Ostindisches Handwerk und Gewerbe mit Rücksicht auf den europäischen Arbeitsmarkt. J. Springer, Berlin 1878
- Jagor, Fedor; et al. (2007). The Former Philippines Through Foreign Eyes (reprint ed.). Echo Library. ISBN 978-1406815429. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- Jagor, Fedor; et al. (2007). The Former Philippines Thru Foreign Eyes. Echo Library. ISBN 978-1406847406. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
Animals named after Jagor
- Jagor's sphenomorphus, Pinoyscincus jagori W. Peters, 1864[2]
- Water snake, Enhydris jagorii W. Peters, 1863[2]
- Greater Musky Fruit Bat, Ptenochirus jagori W. Peters, 1861[4]
- Peters' Trumpet-eared Bat, Phoniscus jagorii W. Peters, 1866[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Fedor Jagor". German Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2012-0316.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ^ Platz, R., Bautze, J., Girke, F., Noack, G., & Ethnologisches Museum (Berlin).,. (2014). Myanmar im Spiegel der historischen Fotografie. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, p. 11. (in German)
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.
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