Karl Johann August (Friedrich Wilhelm) Müller (16 December 1818 – 9 February 1899) was a German bryologist and science popularizer.[1]
Karl Müller | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1818 |
| Died | February 9, 1899 (aged 80) Halle (Saale), Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Halle |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bryology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Müll.Hal. |
Prior to 1843 he worked as a pharmacist at several locations in Germany (Kranichfeld, Jever, Detmold and Blankenburg am Harz),[2] followed by studies in botany at the University of Halle (1843 to 1846). In 1843 he became an assistant editor of Botanische Zeitung. Together with Otto Ule and Emil Adolf Rossmässler, Müller founded the Die Natur which remained for decades the flagship journal of popular science in Germany. He authored several books to reach lay audiences in his attempt to spread an aesthetically imbued image of nature.[3]
During his career he amassed a moss herbarium consisting of 12,000 bryological species.[2] Pyrrhobryum parramattense is one of the many species he described.[4] In 1898, Müller was elected a member of the Leopoldina science academy.[5]
Written works
edit- Synopsis muscorum frondosorum (two volumes, 1849/1851).
- Genera muscorum frondosorum (1901).,[6] (with Karl Schliephacke).[7]
- Antäus oder to dir Natur im Spiegel der Menschheit.
References
edit- Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia.
- Darwin Correspondence Project- Müller, J.K.A.
- ^ Andreas W. Daum, Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert: Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848–1914. Munich: Oldenbourg, 1998, including a short biography.
- ^ a b Müller, Karl @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Daum, Wissenschaftspopularisierung, pp. 346–52.
- ^ Gilmore, Scott R. "Rhizogoniaceae: Pyrrhobryum" (PDF). Australian Mosses Online. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Daum, Wissenschaftspopularisierung, pp. 504.
- ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library7 Genera muscorum frondosorum
- ^ Google Search published works by Karl Schliephacke.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Müll.Hal.
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