TschirchWOA

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Tschirch, Wilhelm Oswald Alexander

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1856, Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. Died: 1939, Berne, Switzerland.

career:

Pharmacist, Ph.Dr at Berlin (1888) on an anatomical subject. In 1884 appointed Lecturer in the University of Berlin and the Agricultural College, from 1890-1932 Extraordinary Professor of Pharmacy at Berne.¹

In 1888/89 he visited the tropics, viz Ceylon and the Dutch East Indies, mainly to study medicinal plants.²

Collecting localities:²

Singapore (end of Oct. 1888), Botanic Gardens; Java (Nov. 1888-Febr. 1889). He visited at least Buitenzorg and Kota Batoe, Tjibodas (Mountain Garden), and Cinchona plantations in W. Java; the return voyage was made via Singapore, Ceylon, and Genoa.

collections:

Herb. Univ. Berne [BERN]: Java plants (pres. 1897). Show Mus. Berl.: 110 nos; probably mainly spices, officinal herbs, etc.

He is cited by Warburg as the collector of a Myristicacea in Java (cf. Monographie p. 649). He collected some Bacillariaceae at Kota Batoe near Buitenzorg.³

literature:

(1) Author of ‘Handbuch der Pharmacognosie’ (1909-27, 3 vols) and numerous other publications.
(2) A. Tschirch: ‘Pharmaceutische Reiseplaudereien’ (Pharm. Zeit. 34, 1889, p. 631-632, 638-640, 655-656, 668-669); ‘Indische Fragmente I’ (Arch. Pharm. 228, 1890, p. 203-217); ‘Indische Skizzen’ (Naturw. Wochenschr. 5, 1890, p. 11-12, 61-65, 201-205); ‘Der javanische Urwald’ (Jahresber. Geogr. Ges. Bern 1890, 1891, p. 58-72 + ill.); ‘Indische Heil- and Nutzpflanzen and deren Kultur’ (Berlin 1892); ‘Der javanische Urwald. Eine Reise-Erinnerung’ (Apoth. Zeit. Berlin 9, 1894, p. 127-130, 137-142); ‘Notiz über Cola’ (Flora 88, 1901, p. 242-244).
(3) cf. O. Müller in Ber. D.B.G. 8, 1890, p. 318-331; and note in Dutch in Teysmannia 2, 1891, p. 233.

biographical data:

Wittrock, Icon. Bot. Berg., 2, 1905, p. 165, t. 133; A. Tschirch: ‘Erlebtes and Erstrebtes. Lebenserinnerungen’ (Bonn 1921, + portr. and other ill.); Festschrift z. 70. Geburtstag redig. von H. Thoms (Leipzig 1926, + portr.); Vierteljahrschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 85, 1940, p. 355; Chron. Bot. 6, 1941, p. 357, w. portr.; Ber. D.B.G. 59, 1941, p. (67)-(108), incl. portr. & bibliogr.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Tschirch, Wilhelm Oswald Alexander
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1856, Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. Died: 1939, Berne, Switzerland.
	career: Pharmacist, Ph.Dr at Berlin (1888) on an anatomical subject. In 1884 appointed Lecturer in the University of Berlin and the Agricultural College, from 1890-1932 Extraordinary Professor of Pharmacy at Berne.¹ In 1888/89 he visited the tropics, viz Ceylon and the Dutch East Indies, mainly to study medicinal plants.²
	Collecting localities:² Singapore (end of Oct. 1888), Botanic Gardens; Java (Nov. 1888-Febr. 1889). He visited at least Buitenzorg and Kota Batoe, Tjibodas (Mountain Garden), and Cinchona plantations in W. Java; the return voyage was made via Singapore, Ceylon, and Genoa.
	collections: Herb. Univ. Berne [BERN]: Java plants (pres. 1897). Show Mus. Berl.: 110 nos; probably mainly spices, officinal herbs, etc. He is cited by Warburg as the collector of a Myristicacea in Java (cf. Monographie p. 649). He collected some Bacillariaceae at Kota Batoe near Buitenzorg.³
	literature: (1) Author of ‘Handbuch der Pharmacognosie’ (1909-27, 3 vols) and numerous other publications. (2) A. Tschirch: ‘Pharmaceutische Reiseplaudereien’ (Pharm. Zeit. 34, 1889, p. 631-632, 638-640, 655-656, 668-669); ‘Indische Fragmente I’ (Arch. Pharm. 228, 1890, p. 203-217); ‘Indische Skizzen’ (Naturw. Wochenschr. 5, 1890, p. 11-12, 61-65, 201-205); ‘Der javanische Urwald’ (Jahresber. Geogr. Ges. Bern 1890, 1891, p. 58-72 + ill.); ‘Indische Heil- and Nutzpflanzen and deren Kultur’ (Berlin 1892); ‘Der javanische Urwald. Eine Reise-Erinnerung’ (Apoth. Zeit. Berlin 9, 1894, p. 127-130, 137-142); ‘Notiz über Cola’ (Flora 88, 1901, p. 242-244). (3) cf. O. Müller in Ber. D.B.G. 8, 1890, p. 318-331; and note in Dutch in Teysmannia 2, 1891, p. 233.
	biographical data: Wittrock, Icon. Bot. Berg., 2, 1905, p. 165, t. 133; A. Tschirch: ‘Erlebtes and Erstrebtes. Lebenserinnerungen’ (Bonn 1921, + portr. and other ill.); Festschrift z. 70. Geburtstag redig. von H. Thoms (Leipzig 1926, + portr.); Vierteljahrschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 85, 1940, p. 355; Chron. Bot. 6, 1941, p. 357, w. portr.; Ber. D.B.G. 59, 1941, p. (67)-(108), incl. portr. & bibliogr.