August Schlickum (7 August 1867, in
Winningen
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– 28 May 1946, in
Cologne) was a German schoolteacher and naturalist.
Personal life
Schlickum's father, Oskar Schlickum (1838–1869) and grandfather, Julius Schlickum (1804–1884) were both pharmacists and amateur botanists.
Education
Schlickum studied natural sciences and mathematics at the universities of
Bonn,
Zürich,
Berlin and
Marburg, receiving his teaching degree at the latter institution in 1893.
Career
Schlickum then served as an assistant under
Arthur Meyer at the botanical institute in Marburg, followed by work as an instructor at schools in
Aachen
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(1896)
Essen
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(1897–98) and
Düsseldorf (1898–99). From 1899 to 1932 he was a gymnasium teacher in Cologne.
[The Hieracium collection of August Schlickum]
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin‑Dahlem
In addition to his duties as a teacher, he carried out research in the fields of
geology,
paleontology and
botany. In collaboration with
Wiesbaden physician
Karl Touton Karl Touton (2 May 1858, Alzey – 27 September 1934, Wiesbaden) was a German dermatologist and amateur botanist.
He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Freiburg, earning his medical doctorate in 1881. Following graduation, he f ...
, he participated in scientific investigations of the
Rhineland and the
Allgäu. He supplied Touton with many ''
Hieracium'' specimens from the Rhine area and was instrumental in the naming of a number of taxa within the genus. The subspecific epithet of ''schlickumianum'' honors his name.
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Selected works
* ''Morphologischer und anatomischer Vergleich der Kotyledonen und ersten Laubblätter der Keimpflanzen der Monokotylen'', 1895 – Morphological and anatomical comparison of cotyledons and first leaves of monocot seedlings (In this work Schlickum gave a detailed description of wheat germ
Cereal germ or Wheat germ:
The germ of a cereal is the reproductive part that germinates to grow into a plant; it is the embryo of the seed. Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling that produces refined grain products. ...
).
* ''Lehrbuch der Chemie und Mineralogie sowie der Elemente der Geologie : für die oberen Klassen der Oberrealschulen und Realgymnasien'', 1907 – Textbook of chemistry and mineralogy
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proces ...
as elements of geology.
* ''Einführung in die Chemie und Mineralogie für die Untersekunda der Oberrealschule'', 1908 – Introduction of chemistry and mineralogy for the sixth year of secondary school.
* ''Beobachtungen an einigen einheimischen Pflanzenarten'', 1911 – Observations of some native plant species.WorldCat Search
published works
References
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1867 births
1946 deaths
19th-century German botanists
German naturalists
People from Mayen-Koblenz
Scientists from the Rhine Province
University of Marburg alumni
20th-century German botanists