Johann Friedrich Ruthe

Johann Friedrich Ruthe Ruthé or von Ruthe (16 April 1788 in Eggenstädt, near Hildesheim – 24 August 1859 in Berlin) was a German teacher (Oberlehrer), botanist and entomologist. In the field of entomology he specialised in Hymenoptera and Diptera.

With assistance from Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1851) he began his studies at the University of Berlin in 1811. Here he had as instructors Karl Rudolphi (1771–1832) and Martin Lichtenstein (1780–1857). After concluding his university studies, he taught classes at several schools in Berlin and Frankfurt an der Oder. Due to poor health he retired from teaching in 1842.

The fungi genus Ruthea is named after him.[1][2]

Written works

Among his written works was a textbook on zoology, "Handbuch der Zoologie", that was co-authored with Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841). Other noted publications by Ruthe are the following:

Einige Bemerkungen und Nachträge zu Meigen's "Systematischer Beschreibung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten". Isis (Oken's) 1831: 1203-22 (1831).
Flora der Mark Brandenburg und der Niederlausitz (1827, 2nd ed. 1834) - Flora of Mark Brandenburg and Lower Lusatia.
Leben eines Niedersachsen, von ihm selbst beschrieben (1841) - The life of a Low Saxon, as described by himself.
Die Spheciden und Chrysiden der Umgegend Berlins (1857) - Sphecidae and Chrysididae found in the vicinity of Berlin.[3]

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References

ADB:Ruthe, Johann Friedrich – Wikisource biography
Martin Lowsky: Johann Friedrich Ruthe. Deserteur und Vagabund im Königreich Westphalen, Gelehrter in Berlin. In: H. Joachim Kusserow/Guide Erol Öztanil (ed.): "Mit stahlscharfer Klinge". Beiträge zu Johann Heinrich Oppermann. Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag 2012, p. 121-140.

BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
Ruthea involuta Mycobank
World Cat Identities
IPNI. Ruthe.

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[1] BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

[2] Ruthea involuta Mycobank

[3] World Cat Identities

[4] IPNI. Ruthe.