> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 165](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333304) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/26277-1) LSID 26277-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65402) QID Q65402 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schimper, Karl \["Carl"\] Friedrich (1803-1867), German naturalist, philosopher, poet, botanist and morphologist; originator of the theory of the ice-ages; brother of G.H.W. Schimper; cousin of W.P. Schimper; Dr. phil. München 1829; in München until 1841, later in Zweibrücken and Mannheim; from 1849 in Schwetzingen except for a stay in Jena 1854-1855. **Abbreviated name**: *K.F. Schimp.* \[standard form in IPNI: *K.F.Schimp.*\] #### Herbarium and types Some lichens at [[Collection M|M]] and [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]; further material at [[Collection REG|REG]]. – Manuscripts and other material left by Schimper in the Landessammlungen für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe. On Schimper's herbarium see e.g. Lentz (1890). – A 304 p. manuscript notes by an attendant of Schimper's lectures on botany 1831-1832 at München is at [[Collection M|M]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 31: 274-277; Backer p. 660; Barnhart 3: 226 (b. 15 Feb 1803, d. 21 Dec 1867); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 8042; BM 4: 1833; CSP 5: 467, 6: 754, 8: 857, 12: 656, 18: 521; DSB 12: 167-168 (bibl., sec. refs. by H. Tobien); Frank 3 (Anh.): 90; GR p. 130; Herder p. 148, 312; Kew 4: 623; Moebius p. 155, 156, 158, 298; PR 1112, 8188, ed. 1: 1241-1242, 9130; Quenstedt p. 382; Rehder 1: 102; TL-1/1157; see W.P. Schimper; Urban-Berl. p. 272, 290, 313. #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 3: 34. 1855, 6: 51. 1858 (cognomen Leopoldina: Galilei); Bot. Zeit. 26: 32. 1868 (d.); Gartenflora 17(2): 63. 1868 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 18: 102 (d.), 408 (on posthumous publ.). 1868. - Bay, J.C., Bot. Monatschr. 12: 101-106. 1894 (Reliquiae Schimperianae; fragments; bibl.). - Bergdolt, E., Karl von Goebel ed. 2. 119. 1941. - Braun, A., Flora 18(1): 141-191, 737-747. 1835 (Braun versus K.F. Schimper on phyllotaxis). - Carus, C.G. & C.F.P. von Martius, Altersfreundsch. Briefen 133. 1939. - Dennert (Godesberg), Bot. Centralbl. 45: 215-216. 1891 (review of O. Volger, Leben Leist. K. Schimp.). - Eyrich, L., Jahresber. Mannh. Ver. Naturk. 50-51: 37-64. 1885 (postscript to Schimpers' lecture \[ib. p. 1-37\] "Eintheilung and Succession der Organismen"). - Götz, H., Das Archiv, Verzeichniss des nachgelassenen Briefwechsels der Naturforschers Dr. Karl Friedrich Schimper; Karl Friedrich Schimper Realschule, Schwetzingen, 1(1\], 1970, 57 p.; 1(2), 1973, 38 p.; 1(3). 1977, 52 p.; 1(4), 1978, 58 p.; 2, 1970, 38 p.; Lebenskizze, Schwetzingen 1971, 42 p. (mimeographed); Karl Friedrich Schimper, Naturforscher in Schwetzingen, Schr. Stadtarch. Schwetzingen 12, 1980, 155 p. (general biogr. account based on original documents); Beitr. naturk. Forsch. Südwestdeutschl. 39: 19-35. 1980; Kindheit und Jugend der Brüder Karl und Wilhelm Schimper, Karl Friedrich Schimpers Heidelberg Zeit, Schr. Stadtarch. Schwetzingen 13, 1980, 71, 60 p. - Götz, H. & A.P.M. Sanders, Janus 59: 71-93. 1973 (biogr. sketch and annotated bibl. \[main bibl.\]). - Harvey Gibson, R.J., Outlines hist. bot. 97, 98. 1914. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. München 26: 429. 1980 (lich. at M). - Hofmeister, W., Bot. Zeit. 26: 33-40. 1868 (obit., reproduces "Die Eiszeit"). - Holler, F.H., Kosmos 49: 69-70. 1953 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Jost, L., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 58: 306-327. 1940 (on a K.F. Schimper mss., 303 p., on the morphology of leaf, shoot, root and ovule). - Kirschleger, F., Fl. Alsace 2: lxxvii. 1857 (collaborator of F.C.C. Spenner, Fl. friburg. vol. 3). - Krebs, M., Z. Gesch. Oberrrheins 100: 715-740. 1952 (Schimperiana; Glossen und Dokumente). - Lauterborn, R., Der Rhein, Naturgeschichte eines deutschen Stromes 1(2): 269-324. 1934 (portr., biogr., work), also as Ber. naturf. Ges. Freiburg i. Br. 33: 269-324. 1934. - Lehmann, E., Süddeut. Apoth.-Zeit. 11-12: 41. 1943 (comm. 75th anniv. of death). - Leonhardi, H. von, Lotos 5: 146-151, 206-207. 1855 (activities in Jena). - Leutz, Mitt. badisch. bot. Ver. 71-72: 174-178. 1890 (herbarium transferred from Schwetzingen to KR). - Mägdefrau, K., Beitr. naturk. Forsch. Südw.-Deutschl. 27(1): 3-20. 1968 (100th anniv. death; biogr. sketch, portr., genealogy, evaluation; reprint text poem "Die Eiszeit" of 1837); Gesch. Bot. 126-128, 272, 273, fig. 65. 1973. - Mettenius, C., Alexander Braun's Leben 162, 303. 1882. - Meyr, M. & Trettenbacher, Flora 51: 17-24. 1868 (Freundesstimmen über Karl Schimper). - Pringsheim, E.G., Julius Sachs 88. 1932. - Sachs, J., Gesch. bot. 175-182. 1875, Hist. bot. 170, 177. 1892. - Sanders, A.P.M., Gewina 28: 8-11. 1971 (on S. and phyllotaxis); Scient. Hist. 13: 133-143. 1971; Beitr. naturk. Forsch. Südw.-Deutschl. 32: 205-218. 1973 (S's last months, extensive list of obituaries and later evaluations). - Schäffer, H., Erinnerungsbl. math. Ges. Jena 4: 16-33. 1870 (brief biogr.). - Schimper, K.F., Gedichte, Erlangen (F. Encke) 1840, vi, 346 p. (*copy*: MO); Gedichte 1840-1846, 22 vols., Mannheim 1846-1847 (n.v.); Jahresber. Mannh. Ver. Naturk. 50-51: 1-36. 1885 ("Eintheilung und Succession der Organismen"). - Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturw. 616 \[index\]. 1940. - Schnabel, F., Mein Heimatland 23: 88-92. 1936 (in several respects erroneous; contains unjustified blame of A. Braun, see Mägdefrau 1968, p. 15). - Volger, G.H.O., Leben Leistung. Naturf. Karl Schimper, Frankfurt a.M. 1889. 56 p. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 151. 1905 (on portr.). - Wörn, K., K. Mägdefrau, H. Götz et al., Erinnerungsgabe zum 100. Todestages des Naturforschers Dr Karl Friedrich Schimper am 21 Dezember 1967. Schwetzingen, 1967, 44 p. (curr. vitae, biogr. sketch, bibl.). - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 332, 334, 340, 341. 1899. ### Publications ##### n.10.672. Beschreibung des Symphytum Zeyheri **Title** *Beschreibung des Symphytum Zeyheri* und seiner zwei deutschen Verwandten der S. bulbosum Schimper und S. tuberosum Jacq.... Heidelberg (Universitätsbuchhandlung von C.F. Winter) 1835. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Beschr. Symphytum Zeyheri*. **Notes** *Publ*.: somewhat before 7 Jun 1835 (Hinrichs 7-13 Jun 1835), p. \[1\]-119. *pl. 1-6* (uncol. liths. auct.). *Copies*: G, HH, NY. – An unauthorized reprint of the 1829/1830 original publication in Mag. Pharmacie, Geiger, 28: 3-49. Oct. 1829, 29: 1-71. 1830 (French abstract Bull. Sci. nat. 21: 442-445. 1830; see also Flora 13: 272. 1830). Contains a fundamental treatise on phyllotaxis; whether or not the spiritual property of this theory belongs to Schimper or to Alexander Braun has been debated (see A. Braun, 1835 and Mettenius 1882; Mägdefrau 1968). Full title of article in Mag. Pharmacie, Geiger: "*Beschreibung*... S. tuberosum Jacq. nebst Erläuterungen über die Asperifolien überhaupt, namentlich über deren Blattstellung und Inflorescenz und das Pflanzen-Ei". ##### n.10.673. Mooslob **Title** Auszug, Stücke aus dem noch ungedruckten: *Mooslob*, oder die schönsten Geschichte der Moose, alte und neue, in Versen für eine junge Dame zu einer eleganten Moossammlung von Dr. Karl Friedrich Schimper. \[p. 16: Mainz, Sep 1857\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mooslob*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1857 (p. 16), p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: NY. – Explanations on p. 16.