Carl Wüstnei (19 September 1843 – 21 December 1902) was a German ornithologist, engineer, and artist. In 1900, he published ''Die Vögel der Grossherzogthümer Mecklenburg'' ( "The Birds of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg"), a book on the birds of the
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg (; nds, label= Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schweri ...
region, in collaboration with
Gustav Clodius.
Life and work
Wüstnei was born in
Schelfstadt Schelfstadt is a central quarter of the city of Schwerin, capital of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state of Germany.
Notable people
* Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei, 19th-century naturalist and botanist, namesake of fungus and insect species.
* Car ...
,
Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ...
where his father
Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei (1810-1858, a fungus ''
Wuestneia'' is named after him) was a teacher, theologian and naturalist. He went to the Gymnasium Fridericianum Schwerin. His father died when he was young and he then went to the Brockelmanns iron foundry as an apprentice.
Subsequently, his education was supported by Grand Duke
Friedrich Franz II in 1867 and he went to study in Berlin at the Royal Trades Academy (predecessor of
TU Berlin
The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It wa ...
). He then became a railway engineer at Mecklenburg. After his retirement in 1895, he became more active in ornithological work. In 1901, he produced statistics on the nesting of
white storks in the region in collaboration with Gustav Clodius. Their earlier work on the birds of Mecklenburg was considered the "Mecklenburg bird bible" and it described 289 species.
References
External links
Die Vögel der Grossherzogthümer Mecklenburg : mit kurzen Beschreibungen he birds of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg: with brief descriptions(1900)
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1843 births
1902 deaths
German ornithologists
People from Schwerin
19th-century German biologists
Technical University of Berlin alumni
German railway mechanical engineers
Scientists from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania