Drepanorhynchus reichenowi alinderi Laubmann 1928 (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Drepanorhynchus reichenowi alinderi Laubmann 1928 OD https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Anzeiger-Ornith-Ges-Bayerns_1_12_0127-0128.pdf

Ostafrika, Kenya-Colony, Mount Elgon.

Obs.: Unter den von Herrn Dr. Sven Alinder, Falun, Schweden, während seiner Forschungsreise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1924— 26 in der Kenya-Colony auf dem Mount Elgon aufgesammelten und dem Münchener Museum überlassenen Vogelbälgen befand sich neben anderen interessanten Exemplaren auch ein einzelnes ♂ von Drepanorhynchus reichenowi, das sich beim Vergleich mit typischen Stücken dieser Art aus dem Kilima-Ndjaro-Distrikt als deutlich verschieden herausstellte.

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Golden-winged Sunbird ssp. Drepanorhynchus reichenowi alinderi Laubmann, 1928 NCR [JS Drepanorhynchus reichenowi reichenowi]
Dr Sven Alinder (1900–1928) was a Swedish entomologist and collector in Kenya for the Bavarian State Zoological Society, Munich. Piteå University awarded his doctorate. He wrote In the Land of the Nando: Travels and Adventures of a Modern Zoologistin Wild Africa.

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Dr Sven Alinder (fl. 1924) Swedish big-game hunter, collector in Kenya (syn. Drepanorhynchus reichenowi).

Obituary https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Alinder_Sven_Entomologische-Zeitschrift_42_0170.pdf

Therefore would go with The Eponym Dictionary of Birds that he was rather a coleopterologist than a big-game hunter. Might be worth to see...

„Afrika-Nachrichten“ Vol. 9, Nr. 17, p. 407 (gezeichnet E. K.[opp])

.. if birth 1900 is correct. The obituary just tells us died 28. June 1928 in Munich twenty eight years old. Anyway it might be worth to update the BOW key.

 

[PScofield]

Birth: 10 Jun 1900 Piteå, Norrbotten, Sverige

Grave: Sven Alinder (1900-1928) - Find a Grave Memorial

Full name: Sven Alvar Alinder

Unsure about death place see attached record.

 

[l_raty]

Unsure about death place see attached record.

Unsure why his death ended up recorded there specifically, but col. 19 of this death record appears to tell us "Dod i Münxhen", so would not make this a reason to question his death place.
Maybe this was his official residence ?

 

[PScofield]

For those unfamiliar (as I was) the "Rhein Vergiftung" Sven"s killer was the annual outbreak of paratyphus each year along the polluted rivers of Europe.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

I can confirm the years of Sven Alvar Alinder (1900–1928), Swedish naturalist (primarily entomologist; Beetle Coleoptera specialist), traveler and collector.

He was born 10 June 1900, in Piteå (Norrbotten county, in Northern Sweden), Second Son to the "lawspeaker" (häradshövding) Ernst Emil Laurentius Alinder (born 1867) and Beda Maria Zackrissohn (born 1875), but he grew up in Orsa and Falun, Dalarna (Dalecarlia, in Central Sweden).

In 1920 he was elected Member of the Swedish Entomologist's Society (Sveriges Entomologiska Förening) in Stockholm, and he studied in Halle (Halle an der Saale), Germany. He thereafter went on a Scientific Expedition to East Africa, 1924–1926 (helped by a scholarship from the Swedish Royal Scientific Academy), incl. Mount Elgon, in today's Kenya. in The main aim of this expedition was to collect exotic beetles (and other insects), as well as Birds. Prior to the expedition he even advertised, in a German Entomological Journal, about requests, any certain one/s wanted!?

He collected the "alinderi " Bird specimen the 25 January 1925 (on Mount Elgon).

After the expedition Mr. Alinder went back to Germany, where he spent the rest of his life examining bugs (beetles), in the collections of Bavarian museums … until the day he died, in a Hospital in Munich (München), on the 28th of June 1928 (just about two weeks after his 28th Birthday) – after having participated on a leisurely trip on the river Rhine (Rhein), as the first victim, together with several others, showing symptoms of Poisoning (a k a "Rheinvergiftung"). What caused this assumed "Poisoning" seems unknown. But note that the Doctor (indeed, just like Paul stated in post #4) apparently, wrote "Typhus el. [eller/or] Paratyphus" in his Death Certificate (according to the Swedish Church records).

I haven´t found anything verifying that he was a "big-game hunter", as claimed by some, but this does not mean that he couldn't have been one. But I strongly doubt it … Alinder seems to have been focused on much, much smaller animals. The info and traces of him are very scarce, however I think the claim of him being called a "big-game hunter" might be due to his presence in the book Jagden und Fahrten in Afrikas Wildkammern, 1934 (meaning something like "Hunts and travels in Africas wilderness "), covering various big-game-hunters, adventurers and other travelers in Africa. His own book (illustrated by Hans Anton Aschenborn) Im Lande der Nandi : Reisen und Abenteuer eines modernen Zoologen in Wild-Afrika was published in 1928, the same year Mr. Alinder passed away.

Well, that's about all I have on him (at least the most important parts, in a Natural History context, that is).

/B

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

... but col. 19 of this death record appears to tell us "Dod i Münxhen", so would not make this a reason to question his death place.
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Laurent, note that the Death Record (in Paul's post #2) does say:

Död i Münc-
hen

Död i München, meaning: Dead/Death in Munich.

Compare with the excerpt below:


At times, in Sweden, the dots on top of the letter ö are written/simplified [though only in (streamlined) handwriting], as a short, jerky line (looks like ō, or even õ). And, we Swedes also use the German name München (for Munich, in Germany).

 

[Taphrospilus]

He lived in Munich Neuhauserstr. 51 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/12170441.pdf

Was he really a Dr.? I did not find any thesis from him at the Piteå University.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

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Was he really a Dr.? I did not find any thesis from him at the Piteå University.

Good point, Martin, I was just about to post the same "remark" ...

This as I (also) doubt that Sven Alinder ever was a Dr/Doctor, as (still) claimed by the updated Key, neither a Medical one, nor a PhD. As far as I can tell, his studies 'only' awarded him a "Fil. Kand." (Filosofie kandidat, which is closer/closest to a Bachelor of Philosophy/Arts).

Also, regardless of what the (often erroneous) Eponym dictionary of Birds tells us, note that he was only 6 months old when the Alinder Family left Piteå (on the 16th of November 1900). That's extremely young to have been "awarded his doctorate" ... anywhere!

However, also note that there has never been a "Piteå University"! When the Alinder Family lived in Piteå, it was a tiny Town, the population was less than (or just about) 3000 people.

No wonder you couldn't find "any thesis from him at the Piteå University". It would be tricky to find even the University itself!

If Alinder ever got a (PhD) Doctor title is unknown to me, though if he did, it ought to have happened in Germany (possibly/plausibly at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München). In any case, it certainly wasn't in Piteå.

/B

 

[mb1848]

Dr. Sven?
He had two articles published in 1927 and was refered to as simply Sven Alinder. In these journals they put professor or Dr. as a title if you were one.
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Verhandlungen-Ornith-Ges-Bayern_17_3_1927_0256-0263.pdf .
[Bd.]13-18 (1923-1928) - Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft - Biodiversity Heritage Library .
But in a 1928 article written by someone else he is refered to as Dr. Sven Alinder?
Anzeiger Der Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern .
Maybe he graduated May 1928 right before he died?

In defense of Piteå it also was the birth place of naturalist Daniel Solander.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

...
But in a 1928 article written by someone else he is refered to as Dr. Sven Alinder?
Anzeiger Der Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern .
Maybe he graduated May 1928 right before he died?
...

Sure, could be the case, or not?

Note that Laubmann was the Editor of Anzeiger Der Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern (see here), as well as the Author (Auctor) of the OD of alinderi (where he did write " ... von Herrn Dr. Sven Alinder, Falun, Schweden, ...").

Maybe Laubmann simply knew more than I/we do (up here in distant Sweden), who knows?

Björn

PS. Mark, also note that the link, in the quote above ("written by someone else") is the OD itself.