> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 580](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333719) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12271-1) LSID 12271-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21608850) QID Q21608850 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sickenberger, Ernst (1831-1895), German (Baden) botanist and pharmacist; studied at Heidelberg University 1852-1853; pharm. exam. Stuttgart 1854; practicing pharmacist in Kirchgarten 1858-1865; in Freiburg i. Br. 1865-1872, as owner of a liquor store and (1872) in charge of the botanical garden; owner of a pharmacy in Lörrach 1873-1876; from 1876-1895 in Cairo in charge of the German pharmacy; exploring Egypt 1881-1885, professor of pharmacology (later chemistry) from 1889, member of the Egyptian Institute from 1890. **Abbreviated name**: *Sickenb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sickenb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection Z|Z]]; some lichens at [[Collection M|M]]; further material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection CAIH|CAIH]], [[Collection CAIM|CAIM]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]]. – Sickenberger's German herbarium was offered for sale in 1876 (Gebhard 1876). – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 275 (d. 8 Dec 1895); BM 4: 1921; CSP 18: 738; IH (ed. 7): 342; Rehder 1: 489; Tucker 1: 649, 3: 280; Urban-Berl. p. 324. #### Biofile - Anon., Allg. bot. Z. 2(2): 32. 1896 (d.); Bot. Centralbl. 65: 288. 19 Feb 1896 (d.); Bot. Monatschr. 15: 209-210. 1897 (sale of herb. Dr. Schill. Freiburg containing the Sickenberg herb.); Nat. Nov. 18: 70. 1896 (d.). - Ascherson, P., Fl. Provinz Brandenburg 1:14. 1864; Österr. bot. Z. 46: 80. 1896 (obit. not.). - Deflers, A., Ernst Sickenberger, Le Caire 1897, 35 p., (biogr. portr., bibl.), reprinted from the "Revue d'Egypte". (*Copy* DS, from Engler collection). - Gebhard, C.R., Österr. bot. Z. 76. 1876 (herbarium for sale). - Hein, W.H. & H.D. Schwarz, Deut. Apoth. Biogr.2: 627-628. 1978 (biogr. details). - Kirchner, G., *in* Beitr. Gesch. Pharmazie 23: 1-4. 1971. - Schweinfurth, G., Echo d'Orient 10 Mar 1896. 1896 (n.v.); Bull. Inst. Égypt. Cairo ser. 3. 7: 5-16. 1897 (obit.), reprint Le Caire 1896, 13 p. ### Publications ##### n.11.937. Les plantes égyptiennes d'Ibn el Beïthar **Title** *Les plantes égyptiennes d'Ibn el Beïthar*... Le Caire \[Cairo\] (Imprimerie nationale) 1890. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. égypt. Ibn el Beïthar*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1890, p. \[1\]-38. *Copy*: B. – Also published in Bull. Inst. Égypt. 10(2): 3-38. 1890. ##### n.11.938. Contributions à la flore d'Égypte **Title** *Contributions à la flore d'Égypte*... Le Caire \[Cairo\] 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1901, p. \[i-ii, cover-t.p. and Vienna imprint\], \[167\]-335. *Copies*: Cornell, F, G, GB, H. – Issued and to be cited from Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4(2). 1901.