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Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz

Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz rather than just read about it. In short: Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (5 May 1834 – 15 January 1878) was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkata. He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Reference excerpt

Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (5 May 1834 – 15 January 1878) was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkata. He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. The standard author abbreviation Kurz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Life Kurz was born in Augsburg, and became a pupil of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. He studied botany, mineralogy and chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Family misfortunes in 1854 led him to abandon studies and move to Holland where he worked as an apothecary. He then joined the Dutch Colonial Army medical service and sailed to Java in September 1856. He moved to Banka in March 1857, and in 1859, he joined an expedition to Bori, Sulawesi (Celebes). In September of the same year, he joined the Botanic Garden at Buitenzoorg where he had access to a large library and worked with botanists. In 1864, he was induced by Thomas Anderson, who was visiting the Dutch colonies to examine cinchona cultivation, to return with him to Calcutta as curator of the herbarium, a post he held till his death. In 1866, Kurz was sent to study the flora of the Andaman Islands. While in the South Andamans, he was attacked and tied up in the forest by convicts, leading to the abandonment of the project and his return to Calcutta. In 1867 he was asked to write botany texts for forest officers in British Burma which led him to travel and collect in the region. In November 1877, he left Calcutta for Penang but fell ill on reaching in December and died on 15 January 1878.

Works Kurz's major work is his Forest Flora of British Burma, Calcutta, 1877, 2 vols. He also wrote articles in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Journal of Botany.

References

Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Kurz, Sulpiz". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz

In research: Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1834 births, 1878 deaths, 19th-century Dutch East Indies people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz in simple terms?

Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (5 May 1834 – 15 January 1878) was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkata. He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore.

Why does Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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