[Taxacom] Herbarium Schlagintweit: the case of the beheaded botanist

[Boggan, John]

Thank you John Grehan!

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From: Neal Evenhuis [mailto:neale at bishopmuseum.org] 
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 2:29 PM
To: John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>; Boggan, John <BOGGANJ at si.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Herbarium Schlagintweit: the case of the beheaded botanist

There is a blog by science writer Richard Conniff that lists various unusual and untimely deaths of biologists:

https://strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/the-wall-of-the-dead/

Schlagintweit is listed in a one-liner.


-Neal

On Stardate 2/19/16, 6:50 AM, "Taxacom on behalf of John Grehan"
<taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu on behalf of calabar.john at gmail.com>
wrote:

>There's probably a book in that subject (if not already published) on 
>the untimely ends or timely escapes of naturalists. This story reminded 
>me of J.D. Hooker's fortunate temporary incarceration, and the less 
>fortunate end to Nickolai Romanoff who was murdered by the Bolsheviks 
>(which came to my attention with the moth Triodia mlokossevitschi 
>(Romanoff, 1884). No doubt there are many other such stories.
>
>John Grehan
>
>On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Boggan, John <BOGGANJ at si.edu> wrote:
>
>> While working with some specimens in the United States National 
>>Herbarium,  I stumbled across the fascinating story of Adolphe 
>>Schlagintweit and wrote  about it in my personal blog:
>> http://dctropics.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-beheaded-botanist.html
>>
>> John Boggan
>> Type Specimen Register Project
>> United States National Herbarium
>> Dept. of Botany, MRC 166
>> National Museum of Natural History
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