Theodor Hartig
| Theodor Hartig | |
|---|---|
 Theodor Hartig, from the Book "Biographien bedeutender hessischer Forstleute", Wiesbaden und Frankfurt am Main 1990, p. 271 | |
| Born |
21 February 1805 Dillenburg |
| Died |
26 Märch 1880 Braunschweig |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Forestry science, botany, zoology |
| Known for | Sieve tube elements |
| Influences | Georg Ludwig Hartig |
| Influenced | Robert Hartig |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Hartig |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Hartig |
Theodor Hartig (21 February 1805 – 26 March 1880) was a German forestry biologist and botanist.
Biography
Hartig was born in Dillenburg. He was educated in Berlin (1824–1827), and was successively lecturer and professor of forestry at the University of Berlin (1831–1838) and at the Carolinum, Braunschweig.[1]
Hartig was the first to discover and name the sieve tube element cells (as Siebfasern - sieve fibres and Siebröhren - sieve tubes) in 1837. His zoologist author abbreviation is Hartig. He described many gall wasp species.
He died in Braunschweig.
Works
- 1836. Forstliches und forstnaturwissenschaftliches Conversations-Lexicon. Georg Ludwig Hartig and Theodor Hartig
- 1840. Über die Familie der Gallwespen. Zeitschrift für die Entomologie, ed. von E.F. Germar, 2:176–209.
- 1840. Naturgeschichte der Gallwespen. Z. Ent., ed. von E.F. Germar, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 176–209
- 1841. VIII. Erster Nachtrag zur Naturgeschichte der Gallwespen. Z. Ent., ed. von E.F. Germar, Band 3, Heft 2, Seiten: 322–358.
- 1843. X. Zweiter Nachtrag zur Naturgeschichte der Gallwespen. Z. Ent., ed. von E.F. Germar, Vol. 4, H. 2: 395–422. – F. Fleischer, Leipzig.
- 1851. Vergleichende Untersuchungen über den Ertrag der Rotbuche (2nd ed.)
- 1860. Die Aderflügler Deutschlands (2nd ed.)
- 1866. Forstwissenschaftliches Examinatorium den Waldbau betreffend.
- 1877 Luft-, Boden- und Pflanzenkunde in ihrer Anwendung auf Forstwirtschaft und Gartenbau, bearbeitet von Theodor Hartig für alle Freunde und Pfleger der wissenschaftlicher Botanik.
- 1878. Anatomie und physiologie der holzpflanzen. Dargestellt in der entstehungsweise und im entwickelungsverlaufe der einzelzelle, der zellsysteme, der pflanzenglieder und der gesammtpflanze.
In collaboration with his father, Georg Ludwig Hartig, he published the work entitled, Forstliches und naturwissenschaftliches Konversationslexikon. The eleventh edition of his father's Lehrbuch für Förster, the later reprints of which he had revised, was published in 1877.
Family
He was the son of Georg Ludwig Hartig (1764–1837), a German forester. His son Robert (1839–1901) was a forestry scientist and mycologist and described the Hartig net, a hyphal network that extends into the plant root.
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Hartig, Theodor". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. - ↑ "Author Query for 'Hartig'". International Plant Names Index.
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