Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a geologist and physicist who worked as the first head of telegraphy administration in Switzerland. He was the first to promote transnational cooperation for telegraphic networks.[1] In his spare time he was an entomologist who specialised in the orthopteroid insects (Orthoptera, Phasmida, Blattaria), and was also a botanist.
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Brunner von Wattenwyl was born in Bern, the son of Karl (1796–1867) and Klara Charlotte (1801-1895). His father was a professor of chemistry at the University of Bern. Carl studied natural sciences in Geneva, Bern and Berlin. He received a doctorate in 1846 and served as a professor of physics at Bern from 1850 to 1855. In 1855 he was appointed director of the telegraph administration and was involved in working on telegraphic networks across Europe. He initiated the first international telegraph conference in 1865 in Paris. In 1872 he was posted to the ministry of commerce. In 1880 he was knighted.[2]
He accumulated the world's largest collection of the Orthoptera and described many new taxa of Orthoptera. His collection was housed in 19 large cabinets with 25,000 acquisition numbers in a multi-volume catalogue. He married Emilie Elise Karol (1831–1895) daughter of Karl Anton von Wattenwyl.[3]
His collection is conserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (Natural History Museum of Bern), Bern, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt A.M. and Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.
Works
edit- With Leonardo Fea : Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées) Genova, Tip. del R. Istituto sordo-muti (1893)
References
edit- Anonym 1915 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Ent. Rec. J. Var. 27
- Bolivar, I. 1915 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 15
- Burr, M. 1900 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Ent. Rec. J. Var. 12
- Kaltenbach, A. P. 2003. "Die Orthopterensammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien und ihre Geschichte". Denisia 8 57–61, 2 Photos
- Nonveiller, G. 1999 The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia. Zagreb, *Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej: 1-390
- Rabaey, K. 2006 Biografie van Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl. Phasma 16(62) : 22-23
- Rehn, James A. G. (June 1915). "Obituary:Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl". Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 26 (6). Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences: 285–288.
- Reitter, E. 1914 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Wien. ent. Ztg. 33
Footnotes
edit- ^ Balbi, Gabriele; Fari, Simone; Richeri, Giuseppe; Calvo, Spartaco (15 July 2014). Network Neutrality. Peter Lang CH. doi:10.3726/978-3-0351-0744-9. ISBN 978-3-0351-9581-1.
- ^ Gerber, T.S. "Brunner von Wattenwyl, Karl". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
- ^ Beier, Max (1955). "Brunner von Wattenwyl, Karl Ritter von". Neue Deutsche Biographie 2. p. 684.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Brunner.
External links
edit- Internet Archive Download of Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées