David Friedrich Weinland

Portrait of David Friedrich Weinland

David Friedrich Weinland (30 August 1829 in Grabenstetten – 19 September 1915 in Hohenwittlingen) was a German zoologist and novelist.

He studied theology and natural sciences in Tübingen, then worked as an assistant at the Zoological Museum in Berlin. From 1855 he conducted scientific investigations in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean (especially Haiti). In 1859 he returned to Germany as director of the Frankfurt Zoological Garden — in this capacity he edited the journal "Der Zoologische Garten".^[1]

He was the father of chemist Rudolf Friedrich Weinland (1865–1936).

Eponymy

• Eleutherodactylus weinlandi, Weinland's robber frog; circumscribed by Thomas Barbour in 1914.
• Gastrotheca weinlandii, Weinland's marsupial frog; circumscribed by Franz Steindachner in 1892.^[2]

Selected works

• Ueber den beutelfrosch, 1854 – About the marsupial frog.
• "On the egg-tooth of snakes and lizards", (published in English in 1857).
• "Human cestoides : an essay on the tapeworms of man", (published in English in 1858).
• Zur Weichthierfauna der Schwäbischen Alb, 1876 – Mollusks of the Swabian Alb.
• Rulaman Erzählung aus der Zeit des Höhlenmenschen und des Höhlenbären, 1878 (published over numerous editions) Rulaman, a story from the time of cavemen and cave bears (fiction).
• Kuning Hartfest : ein Lebensbild aus der Geschichte unserer deutschen Ahnen, 1879 – Kuning Hartfest; a biography on the history of our German ancestors (historical novel).^[3]

References

1. David Friedrich Weinland Eine Grabenstettener Persönlichkeit
2. The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
3. Most widely held works by David Friedrich Weinland WorldCat Identities