Adolf Böcking

Adolf Böcking
Born14 June 1831
Germany
Died18 April 1898 (aged 47)
NationalityGerman
Known forResearch on the rhea
Going missing and committing suicide
FatherEduard Böcking

Adolf Theodor Erich Böcking (14 June 1831 – 18 April 1898) was a German-born naturalist who settled in the United States. He studied the biology of the rhea and was among the first to publish a monograph on the species.

Background

Böcking was born in Bonn, the son of law professor Eduard Böcking. He studied natural sciences at the University of Bonn and received a doctorate in 1863 for his study of the rhea.[1][2] In 1865 he went to South America to study the fauna on behalf of the Prussian government. He then settled in the United States of America after buying a farm in Kansas. He however failed in making any profit from farming after repeated loss of harvest. He then served briefly as a director of the Friedrichsburg School in Texas, wrote scientific papers, and gave lectures while living in San Antonio. He was also a member of the Scientific Society of San Antonio. In the summer of 1898, he was found missing and it was later found that he had shot himself.[3]

See also

The Nandu an Ornithological Sketch by Adolf Erich Boecking, Ph.D. published by the Scientific Society of San Antonio 1894 Bulletin Vol. II, pp. 1-22

References

  1. ^ Milkau, Fritz, ed. (1897). Verzeichniss der Bonner Universitätsschriften 1818-1885. Bonn: Friedrich Cohen. p. 207.
  2. ^ Boecking, Adolf Erich (1894-09-01). "The Nandu-An Ornithological Sketch". Scientific American. 38 (974supp): 15570–15573. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican09011894-15570bsupp. ISSN 0036-8733.
  3. ^ Heß, Wilhelm (1903). "Böcking, Adolf". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 47. p. 44.

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