Belshazzar Hacquet

Belsazar de la Motte Hacquet , also Balthasar or Balthazar Hacquet , (* 1739/1740 in Le Conquet , Bretagne ; † January 10, 1815 in Vienna ) was a versatile scientist. Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Hacq. "

Life

He studied in Paris , was professor of anatomy in Laibach from 1773 , professor of natural history in Lemberg from 1787 and of chemistry and botany in Cracow from 1805 . In 1777 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina and in 1787 a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

During his time in Ljubljana he attempted the first ascent of Triglav - even if he did not reach the summit himself, he supported the team of the first climbers - and is considered one of the first mountaineers .

Honors

The genus Hacquetia from the umbelliferous plant family ( Apiaceae ) is named after him .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Hacquet, Belsazer . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1861, pp. 163–165 ( digitized version ).
Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt : Hacquet, Balthasar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 300.
Hacquet de la Motte Belshazzar. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 132 f. (Direct links on p. 132 , p. 133 ).
Helmut Dolezal: Hacquet, Belshazzar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 414 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Belshazzar Hacquet - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Belshazzar Hacquet - Sources and full texts

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Belsazar Hacquet at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 100.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Hacquet, Belshazzar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hacquet, Belshazzar de la Motte; Hacquet, Balthasar; Hacquet, Balthazar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH	1739 or 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH	Le Conquet , Brittany
DATE OF DEATH	January 10, 1815
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 100.

[Burkhardt2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]