Karl Emil Lischke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Emil Lischke

German biologist, diplomat and politician

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1813

Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1886

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat, zoologist, biologist, malacologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Karl Emil Lischke (30 December 1819 in Stettin – 14 January 1886 in Bonn) was a German lawyer, politician, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.
He is best known for his contributions to malacology (study of molluscs). Lischke was born in 1819 in Stettin, then a city in the German Empire, now the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
He studied law in Berlin, then returned to Stettin and was appointed a magistrate in 1840.
In 1847 he served as a military attaché to the Prussian ambassador to the United States of America in Washington, D.C.
Lischke was mayor of Elberfeld from 3 December 1850 to 1 January 1873. Throughout his life Lischke maintained a keen interest in natural sciences, particularly in the study of molluscs.
He was particularly interested in the mollusc species of Japan.
His daughter Emmy Lischke (1860-1919) was a German painter known for her landscapes and still lifes.