Person naturalist priest collector
Ernst Schmitz
Schmitz
naturalist · priest · collector
Name under which the notes cite a priest-naturalist and collector whose research first made Madeira's ants properly known; he published an article on them in 1896 and collected the ant specimens studied by Dr Forel. The notes also record him owning rare tokens and writing on Madeiran tokens in a German numismatic journal. They further use the name for a German algologist, a professor at Greifswald, who identified the marine algae collection held in the Seminary museum in Funchal.
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- Ants — Priest-naturalist whose research first made Madeira's ants properly known; he published an article on them in 1896.
- Tokens — Priest and collector who owned rare tokens and wrote on Madeiran tokens in a German numismatic journal.
- Schmitz (Father Ernst) — German algologist who studied Padre Schmitz's collection of marine algae.
- Algae — Professor at the University of Greifswald who identified the marine algae collection held in the Seminary museum in Funchal.
- Forel (Dr) — Priest and naturalist who collected the ant specimens studied by Dr Forel.
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