Person

Hügel, Carl Alexander Anselm Freiherr von (1795 - 1870)

Born
23 April 1795
Ratisbon, Bavaria
Died
June 1870
Brussels, Belgium
Occupation
Army officer, Diplomat and Naturalist
Alternative Names
  • Huegel, Carl von, Baron (Also known as)
  • von Hügel, Carl (Also known as)

Summary

Carl von Hügel was a soldier, diplomat and naturalist. After serving with Austrian army during Napoleonic wars, he settled in Vienna in 1824 and established a botanic garden. Between 1831 and 1836 he travelled the world. Part of this journey was spent in India (particularly Kashmir), the resultant publications garnering for him accolades and the Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal. From November 1833 to January 1834 he was in the Swan River Colony and at King George Sound, Western Australia, where he made significant collections of the local flora. These specimens were described in the works of Stephan Endlicher, and largely remained in European repositories. For most of the rest of 1834 he visited Tasmania and New South Wales. While in Sydney he was welcomed into the local scientific community, particularly by the Macleay family. Von Hügel received recognition for his role in the introduction of Australian plants to Europe. The journal of his visit to the Australian colonies remained unpublished until 1994. After his return to Vienna he had cause to rejoin the Austrian army and from 1850 to 1867 was Austrian Ambassador in several European countries.

Details

Chronology

27 November 1833 - 19 December 1833
Life event - At Swan River Colony, Western Australia
1 January 1834 - 11 January 1834
Life event - At King George Sound, Western Australia
21 January 1834 - 8 February 1834
Life event - In Tasmania
14 February 1834 - 25 February 1834
Life event - In New South Wales
16 April 1834 - 6 October 1834
Life event - In New South Wales
1837 - 1848
Career position - Founder and President K.K. Gartenbau-Gesellschaft, Vienna
1849
Award - Royal Geographical Society Patron's Medal
1850 - 1859
Career position - Austrian Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
1860 - 1867
Career position - Austrian Ambassador in Brussels, Belgium

Published resources

Books

  • Clark, D. translator and editor, Baron Charles von Hügel New Holland journal November 1833 - October 1834 (Carlton, Vic.: Miegunyah Press in association with the State Library of New South Wales, 1994), 539 pp. Details
  • Endlicher, S ., Enumeration plantarum quas in novae hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium cygnorum et in sinu regis georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hugel (Vienna: Fr. Beck Universitatis Bibliopolam, 1837), 83 pp. Details
  • Endlicher, S., Stirpium australasicarum herbarii hügeliana decades tres (Vindobonae [i.e. Vienna]: J. P. Sollinger, 1838), 24 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Clark, D., 'Nova hollandia huegelli: Charles von Huegel - journal of a visit to Australia and New Zealand 1833 - 1834' in The German experience of Australia 1833 - 1938, Harmsdorf, I. and Schwerdtfeger, P., eds (Adelaide: Australian Association of Humboldt Fellows, 1988), pp. 1-16. Details
  • Clayworth, Peter, 'The Broken-Hearted Botanist visits the 'Land of Crimes and Horrors': Baron Carl von Hügel in New Zealand, March 1834' in Ferdinand Hochstetter and the Contribution of German-Speaking Scientists to New Zealand Natural History in the Nineteenth Century, Braund, James, ed. (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2012), pp. 47-60. Details

Journal Articles

  • Clark, Dymphna, 'Dr John Lhotsky Versus Baron von Hügel, 1834-1848', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 78 (3-4) (1992), 133-148. Details

See also

  • Fagg, Murray, 'Hügel, Carl Alexander Anselm Freiherr von (1795 - 1870)', Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators, Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), 2010, https://anbg.gov.au/biography/hugel-karl.html. Details
  • George, Alex S., Australian botanist's companion (Kardinya, W.A.: Four Gables Press, 2009), 671 pp. Details

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