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John Stanislaw Kubary (13 November 1846 in
Warsaw
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,
Poland
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– 9 October 1896 in
Pohnpei
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), also stated as Jan Stanisław Kubary, Jan Kubary, or Johann Stanislaus Kubary, was a
Polish
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naturalist and
ethnographer
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.
In 1868 he became a collector for
Museum Godeffroy
The Museum Godeffroy was a museum in Hamburg, Germany, which existed from 1861 to 1885.
The collection was founded by Johann Cesar VI. Godeffroy, who became a wealthy shipping magnate a few years after the expansion of the trade towards Austral ...
in Hamburg.
Kubary documented at least four bird species: the
Samoan wood rail (''Gallinula pacifica''), the
Mariana crow
The Mariana crow (''Corvus kubaryi'') (Chamorro name: ''aga'') is a species of the crow family from the South Pacific. It is a glossy black bird about long and known only from the islands of Guam and Rota.
It is a rare bird which has steadily ...
(''Corvus kubaryi''), the
Caroline Islands ground dove (''Gallicolumba kubaryi''), and the
Pohnpei fantail
The Pohnpei fantail (''Rhipidura kubaryi'') is a fantail, known as Likepsir in Pohnpeian, which is endemic to the Pacific island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a bird commonly found in forests and at forest edges. It fee ...
(''Rhipidura kubaryi''), as well as numerous insects, among them the paradise birdwing butterfly (''
Ornithoptera paradisea
''Ornithoptera paradisea'', the paradise birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in New Guinea.
History
Arnold Pagenstecher and Staudinger both described this butterfly, under different names and the first description by Staudinger ...
''). The peak
Mount Kubari
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on
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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is named after him.
He made the first detailed description of Nan Madol in 1874.
Works
Partial list:
*with
Alfred Tetens
Alfred Tetens (1 July 1835, in Wilster – 13 January 1903, in Hamburg) was a German captain, South Seas explorer and Senator of Hamburg.
Life
Tetens was the son of a ''Justizrat'' (senior counsel) and senator in Danish services. For many years ...
and
Eduard Gräffe ''The Carolines island of Yap or Guap according to the reports of Alfred Tetens and Johann Kubary'' "Die Carolineninsel Yap oder Guap nach den Mittheilungen von Alf. Tetens und Johann Kubary" Microform Reprint New Haven, Conn.
*Die Palau-Inseln in der Suedsee: Das Palau Geld, 49–53. ''Journal des Museum Godeffroy'', I, 4. Hamburg (1873)
*Weitere Nachrichten von der Insel Ponape (Carolinen-Archipel) ''Journal des Museum Godeffroy'' Heft VII. Hamburg, L. Friedrichsen & Co. pp. 129-135 (1875)
*''Ethnographische Beitraege zur Kenntnis des Karolinen Archipels'', Heft 1:'' Ueber das Einheimische Geld auf der Insel Yap und auf den Palau-Inseln'' Leiden (1889)
External links
Biography*
Johann Schmeltz
Johannes Dietrich Eduard Schmeltz (19 May 1839 – 26 May 1909) was a German ethnographer and naturalist.
Schmeltz had no formal scientific training but studied with many well established Hamburg naturalists including
Georg Semper, Otto Semper ...
1897. "Johann Stanislaus Kubary, der Erforscher der Südsee-Inseln, gest. im Oktober 1896 auf der Insel Ponape."
ohann Stanislaus Kubary, the researcher of the South Sea Islands, who died in October 1896 on the island of Pohnpei Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie 10, pp. 132–136.Long obituary of Kubar
1846 births
1896 deaths
Polish naturalists
Polish ornithologists
Polish ethnographers
Scientists from Warsaw
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