J. G. O. Tepper

Johann Gottlieb Otto Tepper (1841 – 16 February 1923), known as Otto or J. G. O. Tepper, was an entomologist in South Australia; for much of his career with the South Australian Museum.

History

Tepper was born in Neutomischel, in Prussian Poland, the eldest son of Johann Christoph Tepper (c. 1815 – 14 November 1891), and Johanne Wilhelmine Tepper, née Protsch, and emigrated with them aboard Gellert, arriving in South Australia in 1847. They settled at Lyndoch, where he was educated before receiving tuition under Dr. Carl Muecke.[1]

He became master of a small country school, then joined the Education Department and taught at Monarto, Nuriootpa and Clarendon.

In 1883 he was appointed natural history collector to the South Australian Museum and from 1888 until his retirement, on 30 June 1911 as entomologist, for which he gave valued service.[2] He was a longtime member of the Royal Society, and a foundation member and several times president, of the Field Naturalists Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1879, was a Life Fellow of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, London,[2] and an active member of around thirty learned societies including the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a correspondent and friend of the meteorologist Clement Wragge.

Family

(Johann Gottlieb) Otto Tepper (1841 – 16 February 1923) married Jane Brock ( – ) on 22 April 1867

  • John William Otto Tepper (16 October 1868 – ), lived in Perth, Western Australia.
  • Isabella Wilhelmine Victoria Tepper (28 October 1870 – ) married William Lachlan Cowan on 25 November 1895
  • Marion Elizabeth Lilliana Tepper (20 July 1875 – 10 September 1950) married Carl Otto Goldick (c. 1873 – 8 July 1944) in 1897

They had a home at Somerset Place, Norwood

J. Paul Tepper was a brother.

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXVIII, (25, 630). South Australia. 19 February 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 12 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 "Obituary". The Chronicle (Adelaide). LXV, (3, 466). South Australia. 24 February 1923. p. 47. Retrieved 12 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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