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”’Friedrich Johann Grabowski”'<ref>Taką wersję pisowni nazwiska podaje Solski L., Strehlow H., 2015: ”150 lat ZOO Wrocław”. Wyd. ZOO Wrocław sp. z o.o., Wrocław, p. 62. {{ISBN|978-83-936847-2-4}}, this spelling is also in Grabowski’s handwritten signature in his diary, see photo in: Solski & Strehlow, p. 92</ref>, also spelled as ”’Grabowsky”'<ref>This spelling is found in guides to the zoo authored by Grabowski, see reproductions in Solski L., Strehlow H., 2015, p. 76</ref>, (27 January 1857 – 20 January 1929) was a German [[biologist]] and [[speleologist]]<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″>Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62</ref>, director of the [[Wrocław Zoo]] between 18 March 1901 and 20 January 1929 (with an interruption from 1921 to 1927).

”’Friedrich Johann Grabowski”'<ref>Taką wersję pisowni nazwiska podaje Solski L., Strehlow H., 2015: ”150 lat ZOO Wrocław”. Wyd. ZOO Wrocław sp. z o.o., Wrocław, p. 62. {{ISBN|978-83-936847-2-4}}, this spelling is also in Grabowski’s handwritten signature in his diary, see photo in: Solski & Strehlow, p. 92</ref>, also spelled as ”’Grabowsky”'<ref>This spelling is found in guides to the zoo authored by Grabowski, see reproductions in Solski L., Strehlow H., 2015, p. 76</ref>, (27 January 1857 – 20 January 1929) was a German [[biologist]] and [[speleologist]]<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″>Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62</ref>, director of the [[Wrocław Zoo]] between 18 March 1901 and 20 January 1929 (with an interruption from 1921 to 1927).

He undertook two major naturalist expeditions: in 1880 to [[India]], [[Ceylon]] and [[Borneo]], and in 1886–1887 to [[New Guinea]]. In addition to collecting specimens, he also carried out [[ethnology|ethnological]] observations.<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″/> From 1891 he worked at the Natural History Museum in [[Braunschweig]].<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″/> In 1901 he became director of the Wrocław Zoo. After its closure in 1921 for financial reasons, Grabowski worked for its reopening in 1927, when he once again became director.<ref>Solski, Strehlow 2015, pp. 62, 92, 97</ref> His main research field was [[botany]]{{cn|date=November 2015}}, but he also conducted zoological studies, including [[ornithology|ornithological]] work.<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″/> In 1901 he became a member of the [[German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]].<ref>[https://www.leopoldina.org/mitgliederverzeichnis/mitglieder/member/Member/show/Friedrich-Grabowsky/ Entry in the Leopoldina membership list]</ref>

He undertook two major naturalist expeditions: in 1880 to [[India]], [[Ceylon]] and [[Borneo]], and in 1886–1887 to [[New Guinea]]. In addition to collecting specimens, he also carried out [[ethnology|ethnological]] observations.<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″/> From 1891 he worked at the Natural History Museum in [[Braunschweig]].<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″/> In 1901 he became director of the Wrocław Zoo. After its closure in 1921 for financial reasons, Grabowski worked for its reopening in 1927, when he once again became director.<ref>Solski, Strehlow 2015, pp. 62, 92, 97</ref> His main research field was [[botany]]{{cn|date=November 2015}}, but he also conducted zoological studies, including [[ornithology|ornithological]] work.<ref name=”Solski, Strehlow 2015, p. 62″/> In 1901 he became a member of the [[German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]].<ref>[https://www.leopoldina.org/mitgliederverzeichnis/mitglieder/member/Member/show/Friedrich-Grabowsky/ Entry in the Leopoldina membership list]</ref>

Friedrich Johann Grabowski^[1], also spelled as Fryderyk Grabowski and Grabowsky^[2], (27 January 1857 – 20 January 1929) was a German biologist and speleologist^[3], director of the Wrocław Zoo between 18 March 1901 and 20 January 1929 (with an interruption from 1921 to 1927).

He undertook two major naturalist expeditions: in 1880 to India, Ceylon and Borneo, and in 1886–1887 to New Guinea. In addition to collecting specimens, he also carried out ethnological observations.^[3] From 1891 he worked at the Natural History Museum in Braunschweig.^[3] In 1901 he became director of the Wrocław Zoo. After its closure in 1921 for financial reasons, Grabowski worked for its reopening in 1927, when he once again became director.^[4] His main research field was botany^{[citation needed]}, but he also conducted zoological studies, including ornithological work.^[3] In 1901 he became a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.^[5]

Taxa named after Grabowski

• Solanaceae: Grabowskia ameghinoi Speg. – Nov. Add. Fl. Patag. ii. (1902), repr. 48.
• Solanaceae: Grabowskia boerhaaviaefolia Kuntze – Revis. Gen. Pl. 3, pt. 2: 221. 1898
• Solanaceae: Grabowskia geniculata C.L.Hitchc. – Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 331. 1932
• Solanaceae: Grabowskia glauca I.M.Johnst. – Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 112. 1929
• Solanaceae: Grabowskia megalosperma Speg. – Nov. Add. Fl. Patag. ii. (1902), repr. 46.
• Solanaceae: Grabowskia schizocalyx Dammer – Meded. Rijks-Herb. 29: 22. 1916
• Solanaceae: Grabowskia sodiroi Bitter – Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 23: 120. 1914
• Solanaceae: Grabowskia spegazzinii Dusén – Ark. Bot. 7, no. 2: 33, pl. 4, 8. 1907
• Araceae: Cryptocoryne grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. 28.
• Araceae: Homalomena grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arac. Homalomen.-Schismatoglott. 45 (1912).
• Araceae: Piptospatha grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arac. Homalomen.-Schismatoglott. 125 (1912).
• Araceae: Rhynchopyle grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. 20.
• Araceae: Schismatoglottis grabowskii Engl. – in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arac. Homalomen.-Schismatoglott. 121 (1912).

References

Bibliography

• Mirosław Syniawa, Biograficzny słownik przyrodników śląskich, vol. 1, Centrum Dziedzictwa Przyrody Górnego Śląska, Katowice 2006, pp. 119–120 (with photograph)

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