Finn Wischmann (28 October 1918 – 8 May 2011) was a Norwegian botanist.
Graduating with a cand.mag. degree, Wischmann spent his entire professional life at the Botanical Museum and the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo.[1][2] He edited and translated a Swedish-language Flora entitled Norsk fargeflora, which was published in five editions before Wischmann's death in 2011.[3][4] He also translated the German language encyclopedia Grosse Bilderlexikon der Pflanzen, which was published under the title Tanums store blomsterbok og botaniske billedleksikon by the publishing house Tanum in 1970.[5]
In 1972, Wischmann wrote the book Verneverdige myrer i Oslo, Asker og Bærum together with Asbjørn Moen, on the conservation of swamps in the Greater Oslo Region.[6] In 1986, he published a book together with Hedvig Wright Østern and Hermod Karlsen. It was titled Ville planter i Norge ("Wild Plants in Norway"), and was reprinted in 1993.[7][8] Although he preferred copyediting over writing, Wischmann wrote more than 60 articles for botanical journals in Scandinavia.[2] He was also an honorary member of the Norwegian Botanical Society and editorial staff member of its journal Blyttia.[2][9] Wischmann wrote more than 45,000 herbarium sheets and 21,000 checklists, which record more than half a million plant discoveries.[9]
On 7 November 2003, he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav for his work within Norwegian botanics.[9][10] He died on 8 May 2011, aged 92.[9] He was buried at Vestre gravlund on 16 May.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Fra Norges flora: Marihånd". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 11 June 1965. p. 24.
- ^ a b c Hanssen, Even Woldstad (2003). Wesenberg, Jan (ed.). "Finn Wischmann fyller 85 år den 28. oktober 2003" (PDF). Blyttia (in Norwegian). 61 (3). Oslo: Norwegian Botanical Society: 124. ISSN 0006-5269. Retrieved 29 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Wischmann, Finn, ed. (1966). Norsk fargeflora (in Norwegian). Björn Ursing (illustrator) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Mortensen. OCLC 5853076.
- ^ Wischmann, Finn, ed. (1998). Norsk fargeflora (in Norwegian). Björn Ursing & Björn Gidstam (illustrators) (5th ed.). Oslo: Mortensen. OCLC 5853076.
- ^ Novak, F. A (1970). Tanums store blomsterbok og botaniske billedleksikon (in Norwegian). Finn Wischmann (trans.). Oslo: Tanum. OCLC 721350274.
- ^ Wischmann, Finn; Moen, Asbjørn (1972). Verneverdige myrer i Oslo, Asker og Bærum (in Norwegian). Trondheim. OCLC 174770572.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Østern, H. W.; Karlsen, Hermod; Wischmann, Finn (1986). Ville planter i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Det Beste. ISBN 82-7010-183-4. OCLC 19276895.
- ^ Wischmann, Finn (1993). Ville planter i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Det Beste. ISBN 82-7010-231-8.
- ^ a b c d Wesenberg, Jan (13 May 2011). "Finn Wischmann". Aftenposten (obituary) (in Norwegian). p. 14.
- ^ "St. Olav til botaniker". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 November 2003. p. 25.
- ^ "Vår kjære Finn Wischmann" (PDF). Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 May 2011.