The botanical network of Nathaniel Wallich between Copenhagen, Calcutta and Kew during the first half of the nineteenth century

十九世纪上半叶，纳撒尼尔·沃利奇 (Nathaniel Wallich) 在哥本哈根、加尔各答和邱园之间建立的植物网络

• 批准号: 275318084
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Martin Krieger
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Historisches Seminar
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-31 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/275318084?language=en
• 关键词: botanical; network; Nathaniel; Wallich; between

The project investigates global transfers of knowledge and institutionalization of botanical research during the first half of the 19th century with a special focus on colonial India. The Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854) serves as an example. The project rests on current methodological and theoretical approaches of environmental history and history of science/botany. Initially, Wallich had served as a royal surgeon in the Danish colony Serampore in Bengal. During the Napoleonic Wars, he became prisoner of war finally to be released by the British and to find his way to Calcutta. He became firmly integrated into the colonial networks of Calcutta and gained reputation as a talented botanist. From 1815 to 1846 he served as superintendent of the Botanic Garden of Calcutta. During this period, he established a tremendously far-reaching network on natural history and beyond. The most relevant source will be Wallichs written estate at Calcutta in its broader context. The Wallich-records will serve as a firm basis to identify the creation of global networks of communication and academic exchange. In detail it will be asked: How significant were such networks for enhancing individual careers as well as for the dispersal of current academic knowledge and imperial discourses with a special focus on botany? Furthermore, profession-alism and institutionalization of academic research in the colonial context will be studied. Did such processes take place notably during the first half of the 19th century? Practical aspects of research (collecting, transporting and exchanging natural specimen, etc.) will be studied as well. It is intended to contribute new evidence and aspects to the present debate on centre and periphery and on the idea of a Green imperialism. In detail, the Wallich-records will be analyzed with respect to structure and contents. Wallichs personal endeavors to promote his career, his serving as royal surgeon, his endeavors to collect, preserve and distribute plants and his contributions to reforestation and tea-cultivation as well as his activities regarding the Asiatick Museum and his library will be studied. The project has an interdisciplinary approach, however, with a special focus on historical as-pects. The applicant has gathered an interdisciplinary and international research group comprising historians, medical historians and botanists.

该项目调查了19世纪上半叶植物研究知识和制度化的全球转移，特别关注印度殖民地。丹麦植物学家纳撒尼尔·沃利希（Nathaniel Wallich，1786-1854）以身作则。该项目取决于环境历史和科学/植物学历史的当前方法论和理论方法。最初，沃利希（Wallich）曾在孟加拉的丹麦殖民地Serampore担任皇家外科医生。在拿破仑战争期间，他成为战俘终于被英国释放，并找到前往加尔各答的方式。他牢固地融入了加尔各答的殖民网络，并以才华横溢的植物学家而闻名。从1815年到1846年，他担任加尔各答植物园的负责人。在此期间，他建立了一个关于自然历史及其他地区的极深远的网络。最相关的来源是在更广泛的背景下在加尔各答的Wallichs书面遗产。 Wallich Records将作为确定全球沟通和学术交流网络的建立的坚定基础。详细询问：这样的网络对于增强个人职业以及当前学术知识和帝国话语的散布有多重要，特别关注植物学？此外，将研究殖民地背景下的学术研究的职业 - 阿里斯主义和制度化。这样的过程是否在19世纪上半叶发生？研究也将研究研究的实际方面（收集，运输和交换天然标本等）。它旨在为当前关于中心和外围的辩论以及绿色帝国主义的思想贡献新的证据和方面。详细说明，将对结构和内容进行分析。沃利希（Wallich）个人努力促进自己的职业生涯，担任皇家外科医生，他的努力，保存和分发植物，以及他对造林和茶文化的贡献，以及他关于阿西蒂克博物馆和他的图书馆的活动。但是，该项目采用了跨学科的方法，特别关注历史。申请人聚集了一个跨学科和国际研究小组，包括历史学家，医学史学家和植物学家。