Friedrich von Berchtold
Friedrich Graf von Berchtold, Freiherr von Ungarschitz (Czech: Bedřich Karel Eugen Všemír (Wssemjr) hrabě von Berchtold, svobodný pán z Uherčic ; born October 25, 1781 in Stráž nad Nežárkou Bohemia ; † April 3, 1876 in Buchlovice Moravia ) was a Habsburg - bohemian, k. k. and k. u. k. Austrian doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Bercht. "
Live and act
The roots of von Berchtold are in Austria. Friedrich von Berchtold received his doctorate in 1804. med. and then belonged to the Medical Faculty of Prague University. In addition to his work as a general practitioner, he dealt extensively with the natural sciences, especially botany . He made several research trips through Europe, the Middle East and Brazil. His scientific publications also include a six-volume work on the flora of Bohemia .
Friedrich von Berchtold was an advocate for the national rebirth of the Czechs . Together with his brother Leopold von Berchtold (not his great-nephew, later Foreign Minister Leopold Berchtold ) he was involved in founding the Prague National Museum .
In 1805 he and Ferdinand von Geramb collected 65,000 guilders in donations for the residents of the Giant Mountains threatened by famine .
Fonts
- Economic-technical flora of Bohemia worked on according to an extensive plan . 6 volumes, Prague 1836–1843
- The potatoes. Their history, characteristics, usefulness, harmfulness, culture, diseases, etc., with detailed information on their industrial application . Prague 1842
- WorldCat
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Berchtold, Friedrich Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, p. 377 ( digitized version ).
- J. Martínek: Berchtold von Ungarschitz Friedrich , Austrian Biographical Lexicon -online
- H. Hantsch: Leopold Graf Berchtold, Grand Seigneur a. Statesman . Styria-Verlag, Graz 1963
- Biographical lexicon on the history of the Czech lands . Volume 1, Munich 1979, p. 76
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Friedrich von Berchtold at the IPNI
- Rozhlas.Cz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berchtold, Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berchtold Freiherr von Ungarschitz, Friedrich Graf von; Berchtold svobodný pán z Uherčic, Bedřich Karel Eugen Všemír hrabě von (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian doctor and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stráž nad Nežárkou |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1876 |
| Place of death | Buchlovice , Moravia |