Andreas Fedor Jagor (30 November 1816 – 11 February 1900) was a German

ethnologist Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology) ...

, naturalist and

explorer Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...

who traveled throughout

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

in the second half of the 19th century collecting for

Berlin museums Active museums This is a list of museums and non-commercial Art gallery, galleries in Berlin, Germany. Defunct museums References External links Museumsportal Berlin

. "Fedor Jagor". German Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2012-0316.Beolens, Watkins and Grayson (2011)
"The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles"
pg. 132.

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, Baltimore. .

Life and work

Fedor Jagor dealt with

ethnography Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...

inspired by a visit to

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. On behalf of the

Museum für Naturkunde The Natural History Museum (german: Museum für Naturkunde) is a natural history museum located in Berlin, Germany. It exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history and in such domain it is one of three major muse ...

(Museum of Natural History) in Berlin, he traveled extensively to

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

collecting for the museum. From 1857 to 1861, he was in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...

, including

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, and the

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. He stayed on the island of

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

and the rest of the

Indonesian archipelago The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago ( id, Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands comprising the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands. History ...

from 1873 to 1876 and from 1890 to 1893. Since 1869, Jagor had been a member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory (

Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory (German: ''Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte'') is a learned society for the study of anthropology, ethnology, and prehistory founded in Berlin by Ado ...

), and on January 9, 1879, he became a member of the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded ...

. Jagor maintained an extensive correspondence with

Rudolf Virchow Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (; or ; 13 October 18215 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder ...

and recorded his own travel experiences and observations in several books. He bequeathed his ethnographic collections, including 700

paper negative The paper negative process consists of using a negative printed on paper (either photographically or digitally) to create the final print of a photograph, as opposed to using a modern negative on a film base of cellulose acetate. The plastic acet ...

s of photographs, to the

Ethnological Museum of Berlin The Ethnological Museum of Berlin (german: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin) is one of the Berlin State Museums (german: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), the de facto national collection of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is presently located in t ...

.Platz, R., Bautze, J., Girke, F., Noack, G., & Ethnologisches Museum (Berlin).,. (2014). ''Myanmar im Spiegel der historischen Fotografie''. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, p. 11. (in German) His fortune and art collection were donated to the city of Berlin. Following a reburial, his tomb is located at the Southwest Cemetery of Berlin in Stahnsdorf (''Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf'').

Writings (selection)

"Singapore, Malacca, Java: Travel Sketches"
''Singapore, Malacca, Java: Reiseskizzen''. J. Springer, Berlin 1866 *
"East Indian trade with regard to the European labor market"
''Ostindisches Handwerk und Gewerbe mit Rücksicht auf den europäischen Arbeitsmarkt''. J. Springer, Berlin 1878 * *

Animals named after Jagor

*Jagor's sphenomorphus, '' Pinoyscincus jagori'' *Water snake, ''

Enhydris jagorii ''Enhydris'' is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged, snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region. Species The following 6 species are recognized: * '' Enhydris chanardi'' Murph ...

'' *Greater Musky Fruit Bat, '' Ptenochirus jagori'' *Peters' Trumpet-eared Bat, '' Phoniscus jagorii'' Beolens, Watkins and Grayson (2009)
"The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals"
pp. 209-210.

, Baltimore. .

References

External links

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