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Wawra von Fernsee, Heinrich Ritter

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

Born: 1831, Brünn, Austria. Died: 1887, Baden near Vienna, Austria.

career:

Studied medicine at Vienna (1849-55) and qualified in botany too. From 1856-78 surgeon in the Austrian Navy, travelling round the world, partly in attendance upon two German princes, making large collections of plants.¹

Suttonia wawrae Mez and several other plants (cf. Autobiogr. l.c. below, p. 43) were named after him.

Collecting localities:

Voyage in the ‘Elisabeth’, 1859-60,² with Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian to Brazil. During this expedition Malaysia was not visited.-Exploring expedition to Eastern Asia in ‘Sr. M. Fregatte Donau’, 1868-71,³ cf. also sub E. Weiss. Sailing via Gibraltar, Madeira, Teneriffe, Cape of Good Hope (making trips inland); touching at W. Java: Anger ( = Anjer) (Apr. 6-10,1869), proceeding to Singapore (staying Apr. 14-22), from where the forest of the opposite south point of the Malay Peninsula (Johore) was visited too; Siam, Saigon, China (June 2-Sept. 12), Japan, Hawaii, S. America; back at Pola (March 1, 1871).-Voyage with the Princes Ph. and A. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, 1872-73 (not made in a special ship).⁴ Travelling (July 30, 1872) to Liverpool; visiting New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, New Zealand, Australia (making some trips with F. von Mueller); Ceylon (Nov. 28-Dec. 5); touching at Singapore (Dec.); Saigon, China, Japan, Hongkong, Macao; Singapore (Febr. 1873); making a short trip to the Malay Peninsula: Johore; to W. Java: Batavia (11), Buitenzorg (Botanic Gardens), via Megamendoeng to Bandung (Febr. 13), G. Tangkuban Prahu, Lembang, back at Buitenzorg (18-19), Batavia (20); Singapore; trip to P. Penang (end of Febr.); Ceylon, Bombay (March 12), Brit. India, Suez, Alexandria; back at Vienna (Apr. 20).

He made several smaller voyages during which Malaysia was not visited.

collections:

Herb. Vienna [W]: of the voyage in the ‘Donau’ 4879 nos, ‘Itin. princip. Coburgi’ 2421 nos.⁵ In 1869 at Anjer (W. Java) 60 nos of plants were collected, in Singapore and Johore 81. Dupl. in: Herb. Berlin [B]; 776 in Herb. Decand. (Geneva [G]); Herb. Bot. Gard. St Petersburg (= Leningrad [LE]): 17 from Java, 19 from Singapore. 100 Wood samples, also from Java, in Franzens Museum at Brünn.

literature:

(1) Enumeration of voyages, publications, etc., in Martius, Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 1, pars 1, p. 134-136.
(2) H. Wawra von Fernsee: ‘Botanische Ergebnisse der Reise Sr Majestat des Kaisers von Mexico Maximilian I nach Brasilien’ (Wien 1866). cf. als Flora N.R. 24, 1866, p. 497-506.
(3) H. Wawra von Fernsee: ‘Skizzen von der Erdumsegelung Sr. M. Fregatte Donau’ (Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 21, 1871, p. 358-365; l.c. 22, 1872, p. 24-32 (dealing with Java and Singapore), 60-69, 90-97, 127-133, 157-161, 198-201, 222-227, 229-265, 297-302, 332-335, 362-368, 397-405; l.c. 23, 1873, p. 23-29, 60-64, 94-99).
(4) cf. ‘Reise Ihrer Hoheiten der Prinzen Philipp und August von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha um die Welt (1872-1873)’ (in H. Wawra von Fernsee, Itinera principum S. Coburgi etc. 1, 1883, p. ii-x).
(5) Chr. Luerssen: ‘Verzeichnis der Gefäss-kryptogamen welche Dr H. Wawra auf seiner Erdumsegelung mit der Fregatte “Donau” 1868-1871, and der Reise mit den Prinzen Philipp und August von S. Coburg 1872 and 1873 sammelte’ (Flora N.R. 34, 1876, p. 225-231, 285-287, 289-302).
oburg: ‘Neue Pflanzenarten, gesammelt auf den Reisen der Prinzen von Sachsen-Coburg’ (Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 31, 1881, p. 69-71, 280-282; l.c. 32, 1882, p. 37-39).
von Sachsen-Coburg: ‘Itinera principum S. Coburgi. Die botanische Ausbeute von den Reisen ihrer Hoheiten der Prinzen von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha’ (Wien 1883-88, 2 vols, 39 + 18 pl., mostly coloured; vol. 2 published posthumously by Dr G. von Beck, using the manuscripts of Wawra).

biographical data:

Autobiography in Notiz. bl. Hist. Stat. Sect. d.k.k. Mähr.-Schles. Ges. z. Beförd. d. Ackerbaues, d. Natur- and Landeskunde 1878, no 10, 43 pp., and in MORREN, Broméliacées brésiliennes, 1881; Flora 70 (N.R. 45), 1887, p. 387-396, w. bibliogr.; Ann. Bot. 1, 1887/ 88, p. 412-413, w. bibliogr.; Wittrock, Icon. Bot. Berg. 1903, p. 86, and l.c. 2, 1905, p. 71.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Wawra von Fernsee, Heinrich Ritter
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1831, Brünn, Austria. Died: 1887, Baden near Vienna, Austria.
	career: Studied medicine at Vienna (1849-55) and qualified in botany too. From 1856-78 surgeon in the Austrian Navy, travelling round the world, partly in attendance upon two German princes, making large collections of plants.¹ Suttonia wawrae Mez and several other plants (cf. Autobiogr. l.c. below, p. 43) were named after him.
	Collecting localities: Voyage in the ‘Elisabeth’, 1859-60,² with Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian to Brazil. During this expedition Malaysia was not visited.-Exploring expedition to Eastern Asia in ‘Sr. M. Fregatte Donau’, 1868-71,³ cf. also sub E. Weiss. Sailing via Gibraltar, Madeira, Teneriffe, Cape of Good Hope (making trips inland); touching at W. Java: Anger ( = Anjer) (Apr. 6-10,1869), proceeding to Singapore (staying Apr. 14-22), from where the forest of the opposite south point of the Malay Peninsula (Johore) was visited too; Siam, Saigon, China (June 2-Sept. 12), Japan, Hawaii, S. America; back at Pola (March 1, 1871).-Voyage with the Princes Ph. and A. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, 1872-73 (not made in a special ship).⁴ Travelling (July 30, 1872) to Liverpool; visiting New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, New Zealand, Australia (making some trips with F. von Mueller); Ceylon (Nov. 28-Dec. 5); touching at Singapore (Dec.); Saigon, China, Japan, Hongkong, Macao; Singapore (Febr. 1873); making a short trip to the Malay Peninsula: Johore; to W. Java: Batavia (11), Buitenzorg (Botanic Gardens), via Megamendoeng to Bandung (Febr. 13), G. Tangkuban Prahu, Lembang, back at Buitenzorg (18-19), Batavia (20); Singapore; trip to P. Penang (end of Febr.); Ceylon, Bombay (March 12), Brit. India, Suez, Alexandria; back at Vienna (Apr. 20). He made several smaller voyages during which Malaysia was not visited.
	collections: Herb. Vienna [W]: of the voyage in the ‘Donau’ 4879 nos, ‘Itin. princip. Coburgi’ 2421 nos.⁵ In 1869 at Anjer (W. Java) 60 nos of plants were collected, in Singapore and Johore 81. Dupl. in: Herb. Berlin [B]; 776 in Herb. Decand. (Geneva [G]); Herb. Bot. Gard. St Petersburg (= Leningrad [LE]): 17 from Java, 19 from Singapore. 100 Wood samples, also from Java, in Franzens Museum at Brünn.
	literature: (1) Enumeration of voyages, publications, etc., in Martius, Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 1, pars 1, p. 134-136. (2) H. Wawra von Fernsee: ‘Botanische Ergebnisse der Reise Sr Majestat des Kaisers von Mexico Maximilian I nach Brasilien’ (Wien 1866). cf. als Flora N.R. 24, 1866, p. 497-506. (3) H. Wawra von Fernsee: ‘Skizzen von der Erdumsegelung Sr. M. Fregatte Donau’ (Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 21, 1871, p. 358-365; l.c. 22, 1872, p. 24-32 (dealing with Java and Singapore), 60-69, 90-97, 127-133, 157-161, 198-201, 222-227, 229-265, 297-302, 332-335, 362-368, 397-405; l.c. 23, 1873, p. 23-29, 60-64, 94-99). (4) cf. ‘Reise Ihrer Hoheiten der Prinzen Philipp und August von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha um die Welt (1872-1873)’ (in H. Wawra von Fernsee, Itinera principum S. Coburgi etc. 1, 1883, p. ii-x). (5) Chr. Luerssen: ‘Verzeichnis der Gefäss-kryptogamen welche Dr H. Wawra auf seiner Erdumsegelung mit der Fregatte “Donau” 1868-1871, and der Reise mit den Prinzen Philipp und August von S. Coburg 1872 and 1873 sammelte’ (Flora N.R. 34, 1876, p. 225-231, 285-287, 289-302). oburg: ‘Neue Pflanzenarten, gesammelt auf den Reisen der Prinzen von Sachsen-Coburg’ (Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 31, 1881, p. 69-71, 280-282; l.c. 32, 1882, p. 37-39). von Sachsen-Coburg: ‘Itinera principum S. Coburgi. Die botanische Ausbeute von den Reisen ihrer Hoheiten der Prinzen von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha’ (Wien 1883-88, 2 vols, 39 + 18 pl., mostly coloured; vol. 2 published posthumously by Dr G. von Beck, using the manuscripts of Wawra).
	biographical data: Autobiography in Notiz. bl. Hist. Stat. Sect. d.k.k. Mähr.-Schles. Ges. z. Beförd. d. Ackerbaues, d. Natur- and Landeskunde 1878, no 10, 43 pp., and in MORREN, Broméliacées brésiliennes, 1881; Flora 70 (N.R. 45), 1887, p. 387-396, w. bibliogr.; Ann. Bot. 1, 1887/ 88, p. 412-413, w. bibliogr.; Wittrock, Icon. Bot. Berg. 1903, p. 86, and l.c. 2, 1905, p. 71.