Emil Adolf Rossmässler
Illustration — Emil Adolf Rossmässler Emil Adolf Rossmässler (Emil Adolf Roßmäßler, Emil Adolph Roßmäßler) (March 3, 1806 in Leipzig – April 8, 1867 in Leipzig) was a German biologist. Rossmässler was a pioneer and the leading advocate of popularizing science in nineteenth-century Germany. He also belonged to the early writers on the building and maintenance of freshwater aquariums.
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Emil Adolf Rossmässler
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- Born
- 1806 · Leipzig.
- Died
- 1867 · Leipzig.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Occupation
- university teacher · writer · malacologist · politician · zoologist · botanist · botanical collector · scientific collector
- Fields
- zoology
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Emil Adolf Rossmässler Emil Adolf Rossmässler (Emil Adolf Roßmäßler, Emil Adolph Roßmäßler) (March 3, 1806 in Leipzig – April 8, 1867 in Leipzig) was a German biologist. Rossmässler was a pioneer and the leading advocate of popularizing science in nineteenth-century Germany. He also belonged to the early writers on the building and maintenance of freshwater aquariums.
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1806
Emil Adolf Rossmässler born at Leipzig.
1867
Emil Adolf Rossmässler died at Leipzig.
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Rossmässler edited the exsiccata Plantae Lipsienses, Weidanae et Tharandtinae (c.
Rossmässler's publications included: • 1832: Systematische Übersicht des Tierreiches • 1835–1839: Iconographie der Land- und Süßwassermollusken (3 volumes) - (Iconography of land Mollusca and freshwater Mollusca) • 1835–1837: Iconographie der Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Volume 1. - pp. Heft 1: [1], I-VI [= 1-6], 1–132, [1-2], Heft 2: [1-2], 1-26, Heft 3: [1-3], 1-3 • 1838–1844: Iconographie der Land- und Süßwassermollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Volume 2. - pp. (4+44 pp.), (4+46 pp.), (4+15 pp.), (4+37 pp.), Taf. 31–60. Dresden, Leipzig. (Arnold). • 1854–1859 - Iconographie der Land- und Süsswassermollusken Europa's, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung kritischer und noch nicht abgebildeter Arten. Volume 3. - pp. I-VIII, 1-39, I-VIII, 1-77, [1], I-VIII, 1–140, Taf. 61–90. Leipzig. • 1847: "Helix ligata Müll. Eine kritische Bemerkung". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 4: 161–164. Cassel. • 1850–53: Der Mensch im Spiegel der Natur • 1853: "Kurzer Bericht über meine malakozoologische Reise durch einen Theil des südöstlichen Spanien". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 10 (11): 161–171. Cassel. • 1856: Die Geschichte der Erde • 1857: "Diagnoses novorum Heliceorum". Malakozoologische Blätter 4: 38–41. Cassel. • 1858: with Bernhard A. Auerswald, Botanische Unterhaltungen zum Verständniß der heimathlichen Flora. Leipzig, Hermann Mendelssohn. • 1865: Volksbildung • 1908: Flora im Winterkleide. Rossm.
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- 1.Andreas W. Daum. Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert. Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848–1914. 1998. 978-3-486-56337-5.
- 2.Andreas W. Daum. Wissenschaftspopularisierung in Deutschland. 1998.
- 3.Lotte Burkhardt: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Teil I und II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5, doi:10.3372/epolist2018.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Rossm, E. Rossmässler, Roßmäßler, Rossmässler and Emil Adolph Roßmäßler. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Johann Adolf Rosmaesler. Rossmässler worked in zoology. Recorded position is Member of the Frankfurt Parliament. He worked at Kingdom of Saxony. Recorded as university teacher, writer, malacologist, politician and zoologist.
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