Knowledge

Moritz Richard Schomburgk

Source 📝

22: 1077: 1090: 1083: 430:
in 1851 and as Rev. Dr Schomburgk appointed an officiating minister the same year. He was appointed to the Central Board of Education in 1852 and served as judge at the Gawler Races in 1853. He was a leader in the push to make two councils from the Mudla Wirra and Port Gawler Council, and creation of
74:
Otto Heinrich Schomburgk (30 September 1857 – 1 September 1938), born shortly after the death of his uncle Otto Alfred Schomburgk. He held several important posts such as Chief Probation Officer with the South Australian public service. He married Ada Louise Downer, daughter of
100:(5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865), carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies (in which Schomburgk participated) and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for Great Britain in the Dominican Republic and Thailand. 289:— who brought their "epistemic traditions" to Australia, and not only became "deeply entangled with the Australian colonial project", but also were "intricately involved in imagining, knowing and shaping colonial Australia" (Barrett, et al., 2018, p.2). 103:
Another brother, Otto Alfred Carl Schomburgk (28 August 1810 – 16 August 1857), (see below) and his wife Maria Charlotte Schomburgk (née Von Selchow), arrived in South Australia with Moritz Richard Schomburgk aboard the
947:"Series EUPERCARIA (Incertae sedis): Families CALLANTHIIDAE, CENTROGENYIDAE, DINOLESTIDAE, DINOPERCIDAE, EMMELICHTHYIDAE, MALACANTHIDAE, MONODACTYLIDAE, MORONIDAE, PARASCORPIDIDAE, SCIAENIDAE and SILLAGINIDAE" 431:
a network of meteorological observers, having himself taken regular observations since 1850. He died at home in Buchsfelde on 16 August 1857, aged 48, after a long illness.
426:
in 1848. He was a founder of the German Immigration Society that reopened the German Labour Office, to expedite immigration of suitable German citizens. He was appointed a
1127: 360: 995:
Barrett, L., Eckstein, L., Hurley, A.W. & Schwarz A. (2018), "Remembering German-Australian Colonial Entanglement: An Introduction",
1176: 186:, Richard and his brother Otto, and Otto's wife Maria Charlotte Schomburgk (née Von Selchow) emigrated to South Australia aboard the 1186: 1161: 1156: 913: 497: 170:
museum, and after their return spent three years preparing the three-volume record of the expedition, which was presented to
927: 1120: 686: 274: 484: 111:
His youngest brother, Julius Ludwig Schomburgk, (c. 1818 – 9 March 1893), was chief designer for Adelaide silversmith
1191: 972: 445: 254: 209:, South Australia; and, through this, he was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents — such as 1196: 1171: 1113: 489: 190:, arriving in August 1849. While at sea he married Pauline Henriette Schomburgk Kneib). Other emigrants by the 544: 1181: 1166: 393: 266: 976: 79:. They had one son, Richard, and two daughters, Pauline Louise (Mrs Curwen) and Alice Marie (Mrs Howard). 199: 119: 82:
Eldest daughter Linna Maria 1849 Marie Caroline? Schomburgk ( died 17 April 1913) married widower Rev
826: 798: 770: 742: 630: 602: 163: 97: 333:
Moritz Richard Schomburgk is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Australian lizard,
1101: 422: 371: 210: 123: 573: 479: 293: 206: 92:
Youngest daughter Hermine Rosalie Schomburgk (1861– ) married John Herbert Evans on 8 April 1891.
40: 297: 238: 1050: 388: 278: 89:
Second daughter Clara Louise Schomburgk (1855– ) married Alexander Philip on 3 November 1880.
1151: 1146: 714: 558:
This work gives his birthplace as the non-existent "Fribault", an error repeated elsewhere.
427: 417: 262: 246: 171: 167: 543: 8: 658: 183: 282: 270: 218: 909: 854: 511: 503: 493: 343: 52: 118:
A sister, Caroline Schomburgk ( – 15 November 1874), was the second wife of Rev. Dr
1000: 690:. Vol. VII, no. 168. New South Wales, Australia. 22 March 1873. p. 9 441: 76: 1004: 222: 214: 662:. Vol. LXVI, no. 3, 517. South Australia. 27 February 1909. p. 37 1097: 882: 577:. Vol. LXXXV, no. 4, 450. South Australia. 6 October 1928. p. 22 539: 375: 350: 230: 226: 877: 849: 653: 568: 440:
In relation to "Australasia", another German-speaking explorer and geologist,
1140: 830:. Vol. XVII, no. 2239. South Australia. 18 November 1853. p. 3 821: 793: 765: 737: 709: 681: 606:. Adelaide, S.A.: National Library of Australia. 1 September 1938. p. 18 597: 507: 286: 258: 250: 234: 1045: 858:. Vol. XIII, no. 607. South Australia. 10 February 1855. p. 5 634:. Vol. LV, no. 17, 007. South Australia. 19 April 1913. p. 18 625: 515: 449: 242: 83: 774:. Vol. XV, no. 1581. South Australia. 17 October 1851. p. 4 66:
He married Pauline Henriette Kneib (c. 1822 – 24 July 1879) at sea aboard
886:. Vol. XI, no. 2187. South Australia. 17 August 1857. p. 2 802:. Vol. XVI, no. 1744. South Australia. 16 April 1852. p. 3 718:. Vol. XIII, no. 1165. South Australia. 26 July 1850. p. 1 195: 112: 56: 1011:
A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1
746:. Vol. XV, no. 1394. South Australia. 4 April 1851. p. 2 553: 108:
in August 1849. They had a son Robert Carl (1856 – 24 February 1909).
310:
Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Flora und Fauna von Britisch-Guiana
21: 1054:. Melbourne.: National Library of Australia. 25 March 1891. p. 5 946: 60: 944: 444:(1822-1887), was appointed as the inaugural Curator/Director of the 932: 335: 321: 1076: 396:, Australian architect in practice with F. Kenneth Milne 1920–1930 945:
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018).
151: 139: 63:), and his wife Christiane Juliane Wilhelmine (née Krippendorf). 1089: 138:
Schomburgk studied botany at Berlin and in the Royal Gardens at
166:. He acted as their historian and botanist, collecting for the 159: 155: 36: 1082: 908:. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. 1032:
Aves: A Survey of the Literature of Neotropical Ornithology
971: 55:, Saxony, the son of Johann Friedrich Ludwig Schomburgk (a 296:, a position he kept until his death and was succeeded by 1018:
Richard Schomburgk’s Travels in British Guiana 1840–1844
904:
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011).
1016:
Roth, Walter E. (editor and translator) (1922–1923).
31:(5 October 1811 – 24 March 1891), generally known as 1034:. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Libraries. 370:is used to indicate this person as the author when 1020:. (2 volumes). Georgetown: Daily Chronicle Office. 822:"District Council for Mudla Wirra and Port Gawler" 1138: 951:The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database 420:and Gustav Dröge as founders of the newspaper 1121: 255:Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (a.k.a. Ruemker) 1023:"Robert Schomburgk and Richard Schomburgk" 953:. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara 1128: 1114: 1096:This article about a German botanist is a 894:– via National Library of Australia. 866:– via National Library of Australia. 838:– via National Library of Australia. 810:– via National Library of Australia. 782:– via National Library of Australia. 754:– via National Library of Australia. 726:– via National Library of Australia. 698:– via National Library of Australia. 670:– via National Library of Australia. 642:– via National Library of Australia. 585:– via National Library of Australia. 552:. London: Hutchinson & Co – via 488:. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, 327: 534: 532: 999:, Vol.21, No.1, (January 2018), pp.1-5. 654:"Railway Accident. Smash at Oodla Wirra" 550:The Dictionary of Australasian Biography 480:"Schomburgk, Moritz Richard (1811–1891)" 20: 938: 538: 1139: 529: 477: 1030:Taylor, Tom; Taylor, Michael (2011). 473: 471: 469: 1070: 687:Australian Town and Country Journal 292:In 1865, he became Director of the 122:(16 July 1815 – 4 January 1898) of 13: 485:Australian Dictionary of Biography 466: 14: 1208: 1038: 906:The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles 1177:German-Australian Forty-Eighters 1088: 1081: 1075: 989: 973:International Plant Names Index 965: 919: 898: 870: 842: 814: 786: 758: 545:"Schomburgk, Richard Von"  434: 407: 1187:Burials at North Road Cemetery 730: 702: 674: 646: 618: 598:"Former Sheriff Dies, Aged 80" 590: 561: 490:Australian National University 1: 1162:19th-century German botanists 1157:People from Freyburg, Germany 1005:10.1080/13688790.2018.1443671 850:"Meteorological Observations" 459: 394:John Richard Schomburgk Evans 70:. Among their children were: 1100:. You can help Knowledge by 177: 133: 7: 414:Otto Alfred Carl Schomburgk 382: 16:German botanist and curator 10: 1213: 1069: 587:A more complete biography. 247:Carl Mücke (a.k.a. Muecke) 200:Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Muecke 126:, also a passenger on the 120:Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Muecke 1046:"Death of Dr. Schomburgk" 935:www.reptile-database-org. 916:. ("Schomburgk", p. 237). 827:South Australian Register 799:South Australian Register 771:South Australian Register 743:South Australian Register 631:The Advertiser (Adelaide) 450:Christchurch, New Zealand 145: 98:Robert Hermann Schomburgk 86:in Sydney on 28 May 1894. 46: 29:Moritz Richard Schomburgk 569:"Served Nearly 55 Years" 423:Suedaustralische Zeitung 400: 315: 303: 574:The Observer (Adelaide) 328:Taxa named in his honor 294:Adelaide Botanic Garden 154:-British expedition to 150:In 1844 he went on the 96:His older brother, Sir 51:Schomburgk was born in 41:Adelaide Botanic Garden 1192:19th-century Lutherans 766:"Officiating Minister" 298:Maurice William Holtze 259:Richard Wolfgang Semon 25: 1197:German botanist stubs 1172:Explorers of Amazonia 1009:Orchard, A.E. (1999) 928:Ctenotus schomburgkii 478:Middelmann, Raoul F. 389:Hundred of Schomburgk 336:Ctenotus schomburgkii 279:Ferdinand von Mueller 275:Robert von Lendenfeld 162:, led by his brother 24: 1182:People from Adelaide 1167:Australian Lutherans 997:Postcolonial Studies 933:The Reptile Database 794:"Government Gazette" 715:The South Australian 428:Justice of the Peace 347:Sillago schomburgkii 263:Karl Theodor Staiger 172:Frederick William IV 168:University of Berlin 659:Observer (Adelaide) 361:author abbreviation 324:, South Australia. 320:Schomburgk died in 184:revolutions of 1848 174:, King of Prussia. 39:and curator of the 416:was involved with 283:Georg von Neumayer 271:Eugene von Guérard 219:William Blandowski 33:Richard Schomburgk 26: 1109: 1108: 914:978-1-4214-0135-5 855:Adelaide Observer 499:978-0-522-84459-7 446:Canterbury Museum 354: 344:yellowfin whiting 1204: 1130: 1123: 1116: 1092: 1087: 1086: 1085: 1079: 1071: 1063: 1061: 1059: 1013:, 2nd ed., ABRS. 983: 982: 978: M.R.Schomb 969: 963: 962: 960: 958: 942: 936: 923: 917: 902: 896: 895: 893: 891: 878:"Family Notices" 874: 868: 867: 865: 863: 846: 840: 839: 837: 835: 818: 812: 811: 809: 807: 790: 784: 783: 781: 779: 762: 756: 755: 753: 751: 734: 728: 727: 725: 723: 706: 700: 699: 697: 695: 678: 672: 671: 669: 667: 650: 644: 643: 641: 639: 626:"Family Notices" 622: 616: 615: 613: 611: 594: 588: 586: 584: 582: 565: 559: 557: 547: 536: 527: 526: 524: 522: 475: 453: 442:Julius von Haast 438: 432: 411: 379: 369: 368: 367: 349: 1212: 1211: 1207: 1206: 1205: 1203: 1202: 1201: 1137: 1136: 1135: 1134: 1080: 1074: 1067: 1057: 1055: 1044: 1041: 992: 987: 986: 970: 966: 956: 954: 943: 939: 924: 920: 903: 899: 889: 887: 876: 875: 871: 861: 859: 848: 847: 843: 833: 831: 820: 819: 815: 805: 803: 792: 791: 787: 777: 775: 764: 763: 759: 749: 747: 736: 735: 731: 721: 719: 708: 707: 703: 693: 691: 682:"Dr Schomburgk" 680: 679: 675: 665: 663: 652: 651: 647: 637: 635: 624: 623: 619: 609: 607: 596: 595: 591: 580: 578: 567: 566: 562: 540:Mennell, Philip 537: 530: 520: 518: 500: 476: 467: 462: 457: 456: 439: 435: 412: 408: 403: 385: 380: 365: 364: 363: 358: 330: 318: 306: 239:Johann Luehmann 223:Amalie Dietrich 215:Hermann Beckler 192:Princess Louise 188:Princess Louise 180: 148: 136: 128:Princess Louise 106:Princess Louise 68:Princess Louise 49: 35:, was a German 17: 12: 11: 5: 1210: 1200: 1199: 1194: 1189: 1184: 1179: 1174: 1169: 1164: 1159: 1154: 1149: 1133: 1132: 1125: 1118: 1110: 1107: 1106: 1093: 1065: 1064: 1040: 1039:External links 1037: 1036: 1035: 1021: 1014: 1007: 991: 988: 985: 984: 964: 937: 918: 897: 883:Adelaide Times 869: 841: 813: 785: 757: 738:"Appointments" 729: 701: 673: 645: 617: 603:The Advertiser 589: 560: 528: 498: 464: 463: 461: 458: 455: 454: 433: 405: 404: 402: 399: 398: 397: 391: 384: 381: 376:botanical name 357: 356: 355: 340: 329: 326: 317: 314: 305: 302: 231:Diedrich Henne 227:Wilhelm Haacke 205:He settled in 179: 176: 156:British Guiana 147: 144: 135: 132: 94: 93: 90: 87: 80: 48: 45: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1209: 1198: 1195: 1193: 1190: 1188: 1185: 1183: 1180: 1178: 1175: 1173: 1170: 1168: 1165: 1163: 1160: 1158: 1155: 1153: 1150: 1148: 1145: 1144: 1142: 1131: 1126: 1124: 1119: 1117: 1112: 1111: 1105: 1103: 1099: 1094: 1091: 1084: 1078: 1073: 1072: 1068: 1053: 1052: 1047: 1043: 1042: 1033: 1029: 1027: 1022: 1019: 1015: 1012: 1008: 1006: 1002: 998: 994: 993: 980: 979: 974: 968: 952: 948: 941: 934: 930: 929: 922: 915: 911: 907: 901: 885: 884: 879: 873: 857: 856: 851: 845: 829: 828: 823: 817: 801: 800: 795: 789: 773: 772: 767: 761: 745: 744: 739: 733: 717: 716: 711: 710:"Advertising" 705: 689: 688: 683: 677: 661: 660: 655: 649: 633: 632: 627: 621: 605: 604: 599: 593: 576: 575: 570: 564: 555: 551: 546: 541: 535: 533: 517: 513: 509: 505: 501: 495: 491: 487: 486: 481: 474: 472: 470: 465: 451: 447: 443: 437: 429: 425: 424: 419: 415: 410: 406: 395: 392: 390: 387: 386: 377: 373: 362: 359:The standard 352: 348: 345: 341: 338: 337: 332: 331: 325: 323: 313: 311: 301: 299: 295: 290: 288: 287:Carl Wilhelmi 284: 280: 276: 272: 268: 267:George Ulrich 264: 260: 256: 252: 251:Ludwig Preiss 248: 244: 240: 236: 235:Gerard Krefft 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 211:Ludwig Becker 208: 203: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 175: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 143: 141: 131: 129: 125: 121: 116: 114: 109: 107: 101: 99: 91: 88: 85: 81: 78: 73: 72: 71: 69: 64: 62: 58: 54: 44: 42: 38: 34: 30: 23: 19: 1102:expanding it 1095: 1066: 1056:. Retrieved 1049: 1031: 1025: 1024: 1017: 1010: 996: 977: 967: 955:. Retrieved 950: 940: 926: 921: 905: 900: 888:. Retrieved 881: 872: 860:. Retrieved 853: 844: 832:. Retrieved 825: 816: 804:. Retrieved 797: 788: 776:. Retrieved 769: 760: 748:. Retrieved 741: 732: 720:. Retrieved 713: 704: 692:. Retrieved 685: 676: 664:. Retrieved 657: 648: 636:. Retrieved 629: 620: 608:. Retrieved 601: 592: 579:. Retrieved 572: 563: 549: 519:. Retrieved 483: 436: 421: 413: 409: 346: 334: 319: 309: 307: 291: 243:Johann Menge 204: 191: 187: 181: 149: 137: 127: 117: 110: 105: 102: 95: 84:James Sunter 77:Henry Downer 67: 65: 59:minister in 50: 32: 28: 27: 18: 1152:1891 deaths 1147:1811 births 638:12 February 581:12 February 418:Carl Muecke 366:M.R.Schomb. 196:Carl Linger 113:J. M. Wendt 1141:Categories 990:References 554:Wikisource 460:References 182:After the 1058:26 August 1051:The Argus 508:1833-7538 308:He wrote 178:Australia 134:Education 61:Thuringia 957:16 March 925:Species 610:9 August 542:(1892). 521:8 August 516:70677943 452:in 1867. 383:See also 322:Adelaide 312:(1848). 194:include 152:Prussian 57:Lutheran 53:Freyburg 37:botanist 140:Potsdam 124:Tanunda 912:  890:3 June 862:3 June 834:3 June 806:3 June 778:3 June 750:3 June 722:3 June 694:3 June 666:3 June 514:  506:  496:  372:citing 353:, 1864 351:Peters 285:, and 207:Gawler 164:Robert 160:Brazil 146:Career 47:Family 448:, in 401:Notes 316:Death 304:Works 1098:stub 1060:2014 959:2022 910:ISBN 892:2023 864:2023 836:2023 808:2023 780:2023 752:2023 724:2023 696:2023 668:2023 640:2023 612:2013 583:2023 523:2013 512:OCLC 504:ISSN 494:ISBN 342:the 198:and 158:and 1001:doi 931:at 1143:: 1048:. 1026:In 975:. 949:. 880:. 852:. 824:. 796:. 768:. 740:. 712:. 684:. 656:. 628:. 600:. 571:. 548:. 531:^ 510:. 502:. 492:. 482:. 468:^ 374:a 300:. 281:, 277:, 273:, 269:, 265:, 261:, 257:, 253:, 249:, 245:, 241:, 237:, 233:, 229:, 225:, 221:, 217:, 213:, 202:. 142:. 130:. 115:. 43:. 1129:e 1122:t 1115:v 1104:. 1062:. 1028:: 1003:: 981:. 961:. 614:. 556:. 525:. 378:. 339:.

Index


botanist
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Freyburg
Lutheran
Thuringia
Henry Downer
James Sunter
Robert Hermann Schomburgk
J. M. Wendt
Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Muecke
Tanunda
Potsdam
Prussian
British Guiana
Brazil
Robert
University of Berlin
Frederick William IV
revolutions of 1848
Carl Linger
Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Muecke
Gawler
Ludwig Becker
Hermann Beckler
William Blandowski
Amalie Dietrich
Wilhelm Haacke
Diedrich Henne
Gerard Krefft

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.