Moritz Richard Schomburgk (1811 - 1891)

Born 5 Oct 1811 in Freyburg, Saxony

Husband of Pauline Henriette (Kneib) Schomburgk — married 1849 in at sea, Princess Louise

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1891 at age 79 in Adelaide, South Australia

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Dr. Richard Schomburgk (B 5676) • Photograph c. 1865 - SLSA

Biography

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Moritz Richard Schomburgk (5 October 1811 – 24 March 1891), generally known as Richard Schomburgk, was a German botanist and curator of the Adelaide Botanic Garden . . . . more . . Wikipedia® | Family and Siblings

Moritz Richard Schomburgk was born in Freyburg, Saxony, the son of Johann Friedrich Ludwig Schomburgk (a Lutheran minister in Thuringia), and his wife Christiane Juliane Wilhelmine, née Krippendorf.

Schomburgk went on a Prussian-British expedition in 1844 to British Guyana and Brazil, led by his older brother Robert.

Princess Louise, 1849

He emigrated from Prussia to South Australia in 1848 with his brother Otto in the Princess Louise, and became director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden in 1865.

He died in Adelaide on 24 March 1891, and was survived by a son and four daughters.

The death of the venerable and renowned Dr. Schomburgk.
Director of the Botanic Gardens, was not altogether unexpected, for the highly esteemed scientist had been ailing for some years, and his friends knew that he could not last much longer.
Scientific men, wherever they locate themselves, are generally recognised as benefactors to the community at large, and in this relation we may safely include the late Dr. Richard Schomburgk, whose assistance in the production of the beautiful in nature was not only recognised in our own colony but by scientists and others in different parts of the world.
Dr. Schomburgk was well known in the colonies, . . . more . . Trove.nla.gov

Adelaide St Paul's Anglican church . . . more . . photos .
Crucifixion.
Window erected in memory of Richard & Pauline Schomburgk by their children, created by Montgomery & Grimbly, unveiled 25 Aug 1895 in St Paul’s church, Pulteney St.
When St Paul’s closed 1982, window was transferred to All Souls Anglican church in suburb of St Peters and re-dedicated 27 Oct 1985. Richard was the second director of Adelaide’s Botanic Gardens. . . . . more . . Wikipedia®

A book to read : The diplomatic gardener . . . more . . . .

Sources

• Find a Grave memorial #176368764, Richard Moritz Schomburgk, b. 5 Oct 1811, d. 24 Mar 1891.
• "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"; Ancestry.com [database on-line]; Moritz Richard Schomburgk (age 37, f=Johann Friedrich Ludwig) and Henrietta Pauline Kneib (age 27, f=Heinrich), Feb 1849, Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen (Germany).
• Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Schomburgk, Richard Von". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. wikisource:en:The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Schomburgk, Richard Von
• Raoul F. Middelmann, Schomburgk, Moritz Richard (1811–1891), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
  published first in hardcopy 1976, accessed online 4 January 2019.