> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 217](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259721) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5731729) QID Q5731729 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Fischer, Theobald (1846-1910), German geographer and explorer of s. Europe and n. Africa who was esp. interested in the economic botany of the latter region, born 31 Jan 1846 in Kirchsteitz nr. Zeitz (Thuringia), student, Univ. of Heidelberg, then Univ. of Halle, Dr. phil. 1868 Bonn, "Privatdozent", traveled in s. Europe, the "Orient" and N. Afr. 1868-1876, Bonn 1876, prof., Kiel 1879 and then Marburg 1883, died 17 Sep 1910 in Marburg. **Abbreviated name**: *Th. Fisch.* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 544; BM 2: 577, 6: 326; CSP 9: 873, 12: 239, 14: 1018-1019; Langman p. 283; NDB 5: 205-206, 20: 328 (sub Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth); Rehder 2: 72; Tucker 1: 249. #### Biofile - Anon., Leopoldina 46: 102-103. 1910. (d. "19 Sep") - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 15; 1902. Id., ed. 2: 15. - \[Engelmann, W.\], 1891. Botanisches Adressbuch: 17. - Ruehl, A., 1911. Geogr. J. (London) 37: 102-103. #### Eponymy For eponyms based on the name Fischer, cf. sub E. and F.E.L. Fischer (in TL-2/1). ### Publications ##### n.34.639. Dattelpalme **Title** Die *Dattelpalme*, ihre geographische Verbreitung und culturhistorische Bedeutung. Eine verspätete Gabe zu Karl Ritter's hundertjähriger Geburtsfeier... Gotha (Justus Perthes) 1881. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1881 (Nat. Nov. Apr (1) 1881, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 27 Mai 1881 and 28 Oct 1881), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-85, \[i, colophon\], 1 map (fold.). *Copies*: BM, BR, HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), U, USDA. – Issued as Dr. A. Petermann's Mitth. Justus Perthes' Geogr. Aust. Ergänzungsheft 64. 1881. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 2: 330-331. 17 Nov 1882 (rev.). - Anon., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 29(RBC): 110-111. Dec (sero) 1882-Feb (med.) 1883 (rev.). ##### n.34.640. Ölbaum **Title** Der *Ölbaum*. Seine geographische Verbreitung, seine wirtschaftliche und kulturhistorische Bedeutung... Gotha (Justus Perthes) 1904. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904 (Nat. Nov. Jul (1) 1904, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 1 Sep 1904), p. \[i\], \[iii\], \[1\]-87, \[i, colophon\], 1 map (fold.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), BR, HH (n.v.), NY (n.v.), U, USDA. – Issued as Dr. A. Petermann's Mitth. Justus Perthes' Geogr. Anst. Ergänzungsheft 30(147). 1904.