August Carl Eduard Baldamus (April 18, 1812 in Giersleben, Saxony-Anhalt – October 30, 1893 in

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ...

) was a German

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

. August Baldamus studied theology at the

University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (german: link=no, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick Will ...

. In 1859 he became professor at the Gymnasium in Köthen where he met Carl Andreas Naumann and his brother

Johann Friedrich Naumann Johann Friedrich Naumann (14 February 1780 – 15 August 1857) was a German scientist, engraver, and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe. He published ''The Natural History of German Birds'' (1820–1844) a ...

both ornithologists. In 1849 he became Pastor in Diebzig, in 1859 moving to the same office in

Osternienburg Osternienburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Osternienburger Land Osternienburger Land is a municipality in the dist ...

. He retired to

in 1870. Baldamus was the founder of the

Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft The German Ornithologists' Society (german: Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft) was founded in 1850, and is one of the world's oldest existing scientific societies. Its goal is to support and further scientific ornithology in Germany Germany ...

(German Ornithologists' Society) and published the ornithological journal ''Naumannia'' between 1849 and 1858.

Works

*Johann Andreas Naumann u. Johann Friedrich Naumann: ''Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands''. Nach eigenen Erfahrungen entworfen. Fleischer, Leipzig 1822–1866, Band 1–13 Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands continuation finished in 1860 by August Carl Eduard Baldamus and Wilhelm Blasius. * ''Vogel-Märchen''. Dresden, Schöufelb, 1876. *''Die Federviehzucht vom wirthschaftlichen Standpunkte. Hühner, Enten, Gä''nse.Dresden, G. Schönfeld 1876–78 *''Das Leben der europäischen Kuckucke : nebst Beiträgen zur Lebenskunde der übrigen parasitischen Kuckucke und Stärlinge'' Berlin :Verlag von Paul Parey,1892.

External links

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Digital version of Das Leben der europäischen Kuckucke : nebst Beiträgen zur Lebenskunde der übrigen parasitischen Kuckucke und Stärlinge
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Naumannia : Archiv für die Ornithologie Vorzugsweise Europa's : Organ der Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft. 1812 births 1893 deaths People from Salzlandkreis German ornithologists {{ornithologist-stub