Eduard Killias (1 March 1829, in

Chur '' Chur (locally) or ; ; ; ; ; ; or ; , and . is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, town of the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons and lies in the Alpine Rhine, Grisonian Rhine Valley, where ...

– 14 November 1891, in Chur) was a Swiss physician and naturalist. He studied medicine in

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and

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, obtaining his doctorate in medicine and

surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

in 1852. Afterwards, he worked as a physician in his hometown of

and as a

balneologist Balneotherapy ( "bath") is a method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas. Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. While ...

Tarasp Tarasp is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Inn District, Switzerland, Inn in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower Engadin ...

. He was long-time president of the ''Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens'' (1859–1891) and also served as vice-president of the ''Historisch-Antiquarischen Gesellschaft Graubündens''.Geschichte der Bryologie in der Schweiz
Biography He was the author of several works on

bryophyte Bryophytes () are a group of embryophyte, land plants (embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic Division (taxonomy), division referred to as Bryophyta ''Sensu#Common qualifiers, sensu lato'', that contains three groups of non-vascular pla ...

s native to the canton of Graubünden, and in the field of

entomology Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

, he was principal author of the five-volume "''Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Insectenfauna Graubündens''". His studies on the

mineral waters Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. It is usually still, but may be sparkling (carbonated/effervescent). Traditionally, mineral waters were used or consumed at their ...

were later translated into English and published as "Tarasp and its mineral waters" (Nettleton Balme Whitby; publisher: London: Bosworth, 1870). Taxa with the specific epithet of ''killiasii'' are named after him, an example being the moss species, ''Orthotrichum killiasii'' ( Müll.Hal.).JSTOR Global Plants
Orthotrichum killiasii

Botanical works

* ''Verzeichniss der bündnerischen Laubmoose''. — Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens n. F. 4: 77–134. (1859) – Directory of Graubünden

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...

es. * ''Beiträge zur rhätischen Flora''. — Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens n. F. 5: 71–81. (1860) Contributions to

Rhaetian The Rhaetian is the latest age (geology), age of the Triassic period (geology), Period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Triassic system (stratigraphy), System (in chronostratigraphy). It was preceded by the N ...

flora. * ''Zweiter Nachtrag zu den Moos- und Flechtenverzeichnissen''. — Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens n. F. 6: 245–251. (1861) – Second addendum to moss and

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

directories. * ''Laubmoose. (unter: Beiträge zur bündnerischen Kryptogamenflora)''. — Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens n. F. 11: 183–188. (1866) – Mosses, Contributions to Graubünden

cryptogam A cryptogam (scientific name ''Cryptogamae'') is a plant, in the broad sense of the word, or a plant-like organism that share similar characteristics, such as being multicellular, photosynthetic, and primarily immobile, that reproduces via sp ...

ic flora * ''Lebermoose. (unter: Beiträge zur bündnerischen Kryptogamenflora)''. — Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens n. F. 11: 189–200. (1866) –

Liverwort Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry ...

s, Contributions to Graubünden cryptogamic flora. * ''Die Flora des Unterengadins''. — Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens n. F. 31 (Beilage): I–LXXV, 1–266. (1888) – The flora of the

Lower Engadine The Engadin or Engadine (;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ''Gidegna'' ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Killias, Eduard 1829 births 1891 deaths People from Chur 19th-century Swiss physicians 19th-century Swiss botanists Swiss entomologists Bryologists