Max Gürke

Robert Louis August Maximilian Gürke (17 November 1854 in Beuthen, now Bytom Odrzański – 16 March 1911 in Berlin) was a German botanist. He usually appears in the literature as Max Gürke. (Older English-language publications sometimes give the name as "Guerke").

Life

Gürke attended the Realschule in Görlitz, obtaining his Matura certificate in 1875, studied natural sciences in Berlin and later worked as a teacher in a military academy in Görlitz. In 1886, he became scientific assistant at the Botanical Garden in Berlin and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1892 with a thesis on the plant family Malvaceae. He was named an associate curator in 1892, and a curator in 1893, and was awarded the title of professor in 1904.

He was fellow of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and recipient of the Order of the Red Eagle (4th class). From 1905 to 1910, he was the first President of the German Cactus Society (Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft).

The genus Guerkea (Apocynaceae) was named for him by Karl Moritz Schumann.

Selected publications
gollark: Australia did lose a war to emus, though, funnily enough.
gollark: If enough radiation is applied, the ship will no longer meaningfully exist.
gollark: ... several days?
gollark: If it gives them horrible radiation-related diseases which only actually have an effect a while after the battle, it's not that useful.
gollark: Not really.

References
  1. Plantae Europeae HathiTrust Digital Library
  2. IPNI.   Gürke.


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