Hydrornis schneideri (Hartert, EJO 1909) (3 Viewers)

[Taphrospilus]

Hydrornis schneideri (Hartert, EJO 1909) OD v.24-25=no.154-162 (1909-1910) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Obs. The two specimens, now in the Tring Museum, were obtained by Mr. Gustav Schneider, after whom the species has been named.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Schneider's Pitta Hydrornis schneideri Hartert, 1909
Gustav Schneider (1867-1958) was a Swiss zoologist who collected in Sumatra (1897) for the museum in Basel. F. Werner wrote an article on 'Reptilien und Batrachier aus Sumatra gesammelt von Herrn Gustav Schneider im Jahre 1897/1898' (1900). There is some confusion as Gustav Schneider Snr. (1834-1900) had also been conservator at Basel (1859-1875), but given the timing of the description we are confident that the eponym is for the younger man. An amphibian is named after him.

The Key to Scientific Names - Birds of the World

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

birdsoftheworld.org

Gustav Schneider (1867-1958) Swiss zoologist, collector in the East Indies 1888, 1897-1899 (Hydrornis).

https://www.ngzh.ch/archiv/1958_103/103_5/103_18.pdf with picture:

GUSTAV SCHNEIDER 17. Januar 1867 —14. April 1948

Similar Carolinea or Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde


Rhinella schneideri (Werner, 1894) OD Bd.17=no.437-464;litt.:Bd.17 (1894) - Zoologischer Anzeiger - Biodiversity Heritage Library

So I think he died 1948 and not 1958. But feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Taphrospilus]

Obituary about his father https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=sng-005:1900:83::458 written by him. So his mother was Maria Weyrauch born in Wiesbaden. And to confirm as well 1948 † Gustav Schneider (81jährig), Zoologe und Tierpräparator; bekannt geworden durch seine... - 14 - 04 - 1948 or bette Basler Jahrbuch

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Nothing new, just some confirmations ...

The Birth and Death year/s (incl. dates) of Gustav Schneider (junior) was/is confirmed, even if regarding a Non-Bird, in this fairly recent Paper (alt. here) by ...

• Shaney, K. J., M. B. Harvey, A. Hamidy, N. Kurniawan & E. N. Smith. 2020. Phylogeny and biogeography of Sumatra´s cloud forest lizards of the genus Dendragama and status of Acanthosaura schneideri [*], ZooKeys 995, pp. 127–153, where we find the dedicatee of Schneider’s Tree Agamid explained as:

Etymology.
The name “schneideri” honors Gustav Schneider (17 January 1867–14 April 1948).

The same years were/are also given by ...
• Iorgu Petrescu & Ana-Maria Petrescu. 2017. Catalogue of Zoological Collection bought by Grigore Antipa from Gustav Schneider (here):

...
Gustav Schneider (1867- 1948) was a Swiss taxidermist and for more than 16 years he was the Custodian of the Zoological Institute at the University of Basel. His passion for the art of taxidermy had been taught by his Father, Gustav Schneider Sr., a famous taxidermist, botanist and Merchant [5]. After 1875, dealing with objects of nature became one of his main occupations, probably because of financial problems. He managed to comprise numerous collections from different parts of Southeast Asia, like Singapore, Malaysia or Indonesia, and later on, from U.S.A. and the Bermuda Islands.
[...]

Alt., as well, see here:

Gustav Schneider​

*17.01.1867 – †14.04.1948
[...]
Zoologe, Präparator, Forschungsreisender, Sammler von Ethnographica
[...].

... or elsewhere.

Well spotted Martin!

This thread will definitely help me to write a better, and more correct, brief entry of the man behind the Rare, Sumatran endemic Schneider's Pitta [Pitta] Hydrornis schneideri, earlier a k a schneiderpitta, in Swedish [today it's blåryggig juveltrast – meaning Blue-backed Jewel-thrush)].

Thanks!

Björn

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*Ahl, E. 1926 Neue Eidechsen und Amphibien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 67: 186–192.