19-753: Schomburgk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865), German-born explorer for Great Britain in the nineteenth century (whose botanical abbreviation is R.H.Schomb. ) Moritz Richard Schomburgk (1811–1891), his brother, director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden (whose botanical abbreviation is M.R.Schomb. ) Hans Schomburgk (1880–1967), German explorer and filmmaker Heinrich Schomburgk (1885–1965), German tennis player John Richard Schomburgk Evans , Australian architect in practice with F. Kenneth Milne 1920–1930 See also [ edit ] Schomburgkia
38-498: A genus of orchids [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Schomburgk . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schomburgk&oldid=1220030160 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
57-572: A geographical and statistical description of the island, later to be published as the History of Barbados published in 1848 by Cass as a library series of West Indian studies. In 1848, he was appointed British consul to the Dominican Republic . In 1850, he signed an advantageous commercial treaty for Great Britain and also secured a truce from Soulouque on behalf of the Dominican government. During
76-648: A role in the arbitration of the southern boundary between British Guiana and Brazil , with arbitration by the King of Italy in 1904. On the brothers' return to London in June 1844, Schomburgk presented a report of his journey to the Geographical Society, for which he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1845, and continued in other official capacities. In 1846, he was stationed in Barbados , where he gathered information to compile
95-527: A time. In the same year, he became a partner in a tobacco factory at Richmond . The factory was burned down, and Schomburgk was ruined. He suffered further setbacks on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas , where he lost all his belongings in a fire. Consequently, he ceased his business activities. In 1830, he left for Anegada , one of the Virgin Isles , notorious for its shipwrecks. Although he did not possess
114-461: Is at Kew and his ethnographical collection from Guyana is at the British Museum . ' Victoria (plant) See text. Victoria or giant waterlily is a genus of aquatic herbs in the plant family Nymphaeaceae . Its leaves have a remarkable size: Victoria boliviana produces leaves up to 3.2 metres (10 ft) in width. The genus name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of
133-605: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Robert Hermann Schomburgk Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a Holy Roman Empire-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for the United Kingdom in the Dominican Republic and Thailand . Schomburgk
152-499: Is however disagreement over the correct taxon authority. Victoria R.H.Schomb. is seen as correct by several sources, but Victoria Lindl. is also widely regarded as correct, despite being published a month later. Together with the genus Euryale , Victoria may be placed within the genus Nymphaea , rendering it paraphyletic in its current circumscription. It occurs in lakes and streams. Victoria flowers are pollinated by Cyclocephala beetles. Victoria
171-748: The United Kingdom . Victoria species are rhizomatous, aquatic, short-lived, perennial herbs with tuberous rhizomes bearing contractile adventitious roots. The floating leaves are peltate and orbicular. The margin of the lamina is raised. The lamina possesses stomatodes (i.e. microscopic perforations). The abaxial leaf surface posesses prominent, reticulate venation. The up to 25 cm wide, nocturnal, thermogenic, solitary, actinomorphic, chasmogamous, protogynous flowers have prickly pedicels with 4 primary and 8 secondary air canals. The flowers have four prickly, petaloid, 12 cm long, and 7–8 cm wide sepals. The 50-100 petals gradually transition towards
190-448: The " Schomburgk Line ", and the boundary with the Dutch colony of Surinam . He also made further geographical and ethnological observations and was joined there by his brother, Moritz Richard . He repeatedly urged fixing the boundary with Brazil , motivated by his encounters with Brazilian enslavement of local Indian tribes, most of which no longer exist. Schomburgk's survey later played
209-588: The chromosome count ranges from 2n = 20 to 2n = 24. Victoria R.H.Schomb. was published by Robert Hermann Schomburgk in September 1837. The type species is Victoria regina R.H.Schomb. The genus has two synonyms, both published within the same year with the same name: Victoria Lindl. published by John Lindley in October 1837 and Victoria J. E. Gray published by John Edward Gray in December 1837. There
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#1732845060022228-479: The following years, he contributed valuable papers about the physical geography of the island to the journal of the Royal Geographical Society. For example, he became the first recorded person in history to climb Hispaniola's (and the entire Caribbean's) highest mountain, Pico Duarte , in 1851, naming it "Monte Tina" and almost measuring its height correctly at 3,140 metres (10,300 ft). In 1857, he
247-400: The shape of the stamens, however there is an abrupt change between the innermost petals to the outermost staminodia. The androeceum consists of 150–200 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 30–44 fused carpels. The 0–15 cm wide, spiny, irregularly dehiscencent fruit bears arillate, glabrous, smooth or granular seeds. Proliferating pseudanthia are absent. The ploidy level is 2x and
266-572: The special knowledge that is required for such work, he surveyed the island at his own expense and sent to the Royal Geographical Society (London) a report which created such an impression that, in 1835, he was entrusted by that body with conducting an expedition of exploration of British Guiana . He fulfilled his mission (1835–1839) with great success, incidentally discovering the giant Victoria Regia water lily in 1837 and many new species of orchids, one genus of which, Schomburgkia ,
285-699: The study of books. Based in Bangkok , he also continued his geographical surveys. The letter gives a short account of his visit to the semi-independent kingdom of Chiang Mai in 1859–60, and thence by elephant across the mountain range to Moulmein on the Bay of Bengal , returning to Bangkok after a trip of 135 days and approximately 1000 English miles. He retired from the public service in 1864, hampered by health problems, and died in Schöneberg in Berlin on 11 March 1865. Schomburgk
304-698: Was a member of various European, American, and Asiatic learned societies, and was a knight of the Legion of Honour and of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle . Schomburgk's deer ( Rucervus schomburgki ) was named after him. The South American fishes Mylesinus schomburgkii ( Valenciennes , 1850) , Polycentrus schomburgkii ( Müller & Troschel , 1849) and Myloplus schomburgkii ( Jardine , 1841) are named after him. Many special of Neotropical plants are named for him: His botanical collection
323-606: Was born at Freyburg , Prussian Saxony , a son of Johann Friedrich Ludwig Schomburgk, a Protestant minister. In 1820, whilst staying with his uncle, he learnt botany from a professor. He entered commercial life and, in 1828, went to the United States, where he worked for a time as a clerk in Boston and Philadelphia . In 1828, he was requested to supervise a transport of Saxon sheep to the American state of Virginia , where he lived for
342-472: Was named for him. He also laid to rest the persistent myth of Raleigh's Lake Parime by proposing that the seasonal flooding of the Rupununi savannah had been misidentified as a lake. In 1841, he returned to Guiana, this time as a British Government official to survey the colony and fix its eastern and western boundaries. The result was the provisional boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela , known as
361-536: Was promoted to the position of British Consul-General of Siam , where Britain exercised extraterritorial jurisdiction through consular courts over British subjects . In a letter to his cousin William, Schomburgk notes, "In order to get an insight into the English summary police court proceedings, I was, before I left London, obliged to attend police courts there for some time, also to acquaint myself with these proceedings by
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