August Emanuel von Reuss
August Emanuel Rudolf von Reuss (born July 8, 1811 in Bilin , Bohemia , † November 26, 1873 in Vienna ) was an Austrian physician, geologist and paleontologist.
Life
August Emanuel Reuss was born as the son of the Bilinian physician Franz Ambrosius Reuss (1761-1830). His father used the mineral water in the health resort of Bilin for his professional practice.
After completing his high school education, he studied philosophy from 1825 and medicine from 1827. At the age of 22 he received his doctorate on November 10, 1833 as an assistant at the ophthalmic clinic . From the following year he practiced for 15 years in Bilin as a mansion and well doctor and city physician . In 1849 he was appointed full public professor of mineralogy at the Prague University and from 1863 at the University of Vienna to the same professorship as successor to Franz Xaver Zippe .
During his time in Bilin, Reuss dealt as a young doctor with mineralogical, geological and paleontological studies in the vicinity of his hometown. He received the formative suggestions from his father and later teacher Franz Xaver Zippe.
His son was the ophthalmologist August Leopold von Reuss (1841-1924).
His numerous works are of great importance for the early geoscientific knowledge of Bohemia.
He was also particularly concerned with foraminifera , but also corals , bryozoa , ostracods , crabs and other fossils. He created a pioneering system of foraminifera taking into account the structure of the skeletal wall, its building material and pore systems.
Fonts
- Geognostic sketches from Bohemia . 1840-44.
- The fossils of the Bohemian chalk formation . 1845/46. Digitized
- About fossil crabs from the Raibler strata in Carinthia. In: Contributions to palaeontology, I, 1 - 6, 1 plate, 1858
- Draft of a systematic compilation of the foraminifera , 1861
- Foraminifera of the north German Hils and Gault , 1862
Appreciations
- 1853 elected member of the Leopoldina
- 1861 Honorary doctorate from the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University of Breslau
- 1870 raised to the Austrian nobility
Others
Reuss was the father of the ophthalmologist August Leopold von Reuss (1841-1924).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Reuss, August Emanuel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1873, pp. 350–354 ( digitized version ).
- Carl Wilhelm von Gümbel : Reuss, August Emanuel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 303-305.
- Friedrich Katzer : Geology of Bohemia . Taussig, Prague 1902.
- H. Zapfe : Reuss August Emanuel von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 97.
- Werner Bührer: Reuss, August Emanuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 458 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about August Emanuel von Reuss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Information on AE Reuss
- The foraminifera, anthozoa and bryozoa of the German Septarienthones , e-book of the University Library Vienna ( eBooks on Demand )
- Geognostic sketch of the surroundings of Carlsbad, Marienbad and Franzensbad , e-book of the Vienna University Library (e-books on demand)
- About two polypariums from the Hallstatt layers , 1855, e-book of the University Library Vienna ( e-books on demand )
- Geognostic Sketches from Bohemia, Volumes 1 and 2 , 1840-44, E-Book of the University Library Vienna ( eBooks on Demand )
- Paleontological studies on the older tertiary strata of the Alps, Abth. 1 and Abth. 2 , 1868-69, e-book of the Vienna University Library ( eBooks on Demand )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of August Emil von Reuss at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 24, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reuss, August Emanuel von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reuss, August Emanuel Rudolf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian physician, geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilin , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1873 |
| Place of death | Vienna |