Minor Parotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906 and others (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Parotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906 OD 1906 - Two new birds of paradise - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Collector mentioned several times
Charmosyna stellae wahnesi Rothschild, 1906 OD v.16-20=no.118-135 (1905-1907) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library

collected by Mr. Wahnes

Gerygone palpebrosa wahnesi (Meyer, AB 1899) OD 7, 1899 - Ornithologische Monatsberichte - Biodiversity Heritage Library

...von Herrn C. Wahnes gesammelt.

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Wahnes's Parotia Parotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906 [Alt. Wahnes's Six-wired Bird-of-Paradise]
Fairy Gerygone ssp. Gerygone palpebrosa wahnesi A. B. Meyer, 1899
Wahnes's Lorikeet Charmosyna papou wahnesi Rothschild, 1906 [Alt. Papuan Lorikeet ssp.]
Carl Wahnes (1835–1910) was a German naturalist who collected in New Guinea.

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Carl Wahnes (1835-1910) German naturalist, collector in New Guinea (subsp. Charmosyna stellae, subsp. Gerygone palpebrosa, Parotia).

We can read Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem

Wahnes, Carl ( ca. 1835-1910 ), Sammelte zum Teil für W. von Schönberg (Naumburg a. S.), zum Teil für Staudinger & Bang - Haas etc. 1886/91 in Südost - Borneo u . 1891 bis 1909 in Deutsch-Neu-Guinea (Konstantinhafen, Sattelberg etc.: von Neu-Guinea aus kurze Abstecher, z.B. 1893 nach d. Salomonen u. 1909 nach d. Bismarck - Archipel). Ausbeuten vereinzelt: I. Auswahl ( Lepidopt.) ex parte an W. v. Schönberg. Restbestände (Coleopt.) 1910 via Franklin Müller 1924 an Deutsch. Entom. Institut, Berlin-Dahlem.

From his death record 8 Mar 1910 Halle-Süd (Halle) I would write him Karl Wahnes (if I read correct 75 years old)

So I think 1834 as birth may possible as well. Maybe we can find a birth record possibly in Weimar?

Jahrbuch der naturwissenschaften born 1833 in Naumburg. Or Literarisches Zentralblatt für Deutschland but 77 years old.

So what's true about his birth is unknown to me.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Some other texts pointing in favour of the spelling Karl (versus the more English Carl), as well towards the possibility of an earlier Birth year (than "1835" alt. "ca. 1835") ...

Leopoldina, 1910 (here) [my blue and bolds]:

Am 11. März 1910 starb in Halle der weit über die Grenzen hinaus bekannte Entomolog Karl Wahnes im Alter von 77 Jahren. Seit mehr als 20 Jahren sammelte er auf Borneo, Sumatra, Ceylon, in Indien und Deutsch-Neuguinea sowie den Inseln des Bismarck-Archipels Naturalien und Schmetterlinge. Er stand ...

Entomologische Blätter, 1910 (here):

Karl Wahnes, der fleißige Tropensammler ist am 8. März in Halle (Saale) im Alter von 76 Jahren verstorben. Seine letzte Ausbeute ist noch nicht ausgepackt.

Also see; here, here, here, and here (all in German). Also see this English text (top of page).

Just some observations ... (for whatever it's worth).

But some sort of Birth records seems to be needed.

/B

 

[l_raty]

if I read correct 75 years old

I read this "sechs und siebzig Jahre alt". No ?

 

[Taphrospilus]

For me very difficult to read but you may correct. The last s in sechs ist not as the others in the document.

 

[l_raty]

The last s in sechs ist not as the others in the document.

It differs from the initial s, but this is not abnormal -- s is (or, rather, was) written differently at the end of a word.
See, e.g., the two types of lower-case s at : Musteralphabete - Altdeutsche Schrift

I read the whole thing like this :

[...]
und zeigte an, daß der Entomologe Karl
Wahnes,
sechs und siebzig Jahre alt, evangelischer Religion,
wohnhaft in Halle, Saale, Streiberstraße 44,
geboren in Weimar, Witwer,
Sohn des Vergolders Wilhelm Wahnes und
seiner Ehefrau, einer geborenen Hesse, Vorname
unbekannt, beide verstorben, zuletzt wohnhaft in Weimar,
zu Halle, Saale, in der Wohnung des Anzeigneten,
am achten März
des Jahres tausend neunhundert zehn
Vormittags um zehn Uhr
verstorben ist.
[...]

The last s in sechs is like those in des Vergolders.

 

[mb1848]

A book has him as Karl and birth year as 1833.
Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112107843754 and Others .

 

[l_raty]

A book has him as Karl and birth year as 1833.
Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112107843754 and Others .

Ditto:

Illustrirte Zeitung

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Jahrbuch der naturwissenschaften

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(But all with Naumburg as birth place, while the death record says Weimar... And with 11 March 1910 as death date, while the death record says 8 March.)

 

[mb1848]

Could March 8 be a death date but March 11 a funeral date? Could Naumburg at the Unesco Cathedral be his baptism place?

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Entomologische Rundschau, 1909 (here):

Der 74 jährige entomologische Sammelreisende Carl Wahnes gedenkt im August d . J. vom Bismarckarchipel nach seiner Heimat Naumburg ...

 

[Taphrospilus]

Full text here Jahrg.26;Suppl.:Jahrg.26 (1909) - Entomologische Rundschau - Biodiversity Heritage Library with picture of him.

P.S. They announced as well his death Jahrg.27 (1910) - Entomologische Rundschau - Biodiversity Heritage Library

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Another Photo of the guy in question [my blue bolds]:

Neuguinea, Drei deutsche Kolonisten / Foto vor 1897

Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Neuguinea) als Schutzgebiet des Deutschen Reiches 1885-1919.

- Drei deutsche Kolonisten auf der Veranda eines Wohnhauses, von links der Naturkundler Carl Wahnes (1835-1910) und die Herren Marggraf und Karl Müller. -

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