Augustin Kaluža
Augustin Kaluža (born August 28, 1776 in Kauthen near Hultschin , † December 4, 1836 in Nassiedel near Leobschütz ) was a Silesian high school teacher. He taught from 1806 to 1818 at the Matthias Gymnasium in Breslau and then moved to Nassiedel at Leobschütz as director of the gymnasium .
In addition to his teaching activities, Kaluža was particularly known as a zoologist and botanist . Together with the botanist Heinrich Göppert , he dealt with the Silesian fauna and flora and wrote several articles and essays. Another focus of his research was mineralogy .
Fonts
- Ornithologia Silesia or A Brief Guide to Using Silesian Birds in Teaching , Breslau 1814
- Brief description of the Silesian mammals , Breslau 1815
- Overview of the minerals of Silesia and Glatz along with their locations and many new height measurements shown on 4 maps , Breslau 1818
- Systematic description of the Silesian amphibians and fish . Wroclaw 1815
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kaluza, Augustin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 413 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Short biography (Czech)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaluža, Augustin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaluza, Augustin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Silesian high school teacher and naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chews at Hultschin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1836 |
| Place of death | Nassiedel near Leobschütz |