Eduard Fenzl
Eduard Fenzl (born February 15, 1808 in Krummnussbaum in Lower Austria, † September 29, 1879 in Vienna ) was an Austrian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Fenzl ".
Fenzl is the father-in-law of the mineralogist Gustav Tschermak and consequently the grandfather of his sons, the physiologist Armin Tschermak-Seysenegg and the biologist Erich Tschermak-Seysenegg . He is also the father-in-law of the astronomer Edmund Weiss , who married Adelinde Fenzl.
Life
From 1825 he studied medicine at the University of Vienna . Already during his student days he was very interested in botany, a tendency that was deepened by the acquaintance with the botanists of the same age August Neilreich , Ludwig Redtenbacher and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott . In 1833 he completed his medical studies with a dissertation on a botanical topic. Until 1836 he was assistant at the chair for botany under Joseph Franz von Jacquin . From 1840 to 1878 he was curator and head of the botanical court cabinet , from 1849 to 1878 professor of botany at the University of Vienna, and from 1849 director of the botanical garden of this university . In 1842 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . Fenzl was a student and in these functions he was also the successor to Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher . He was a member of numerous associations and societies and played a major role in the development of scientific life in Austria. Gregor Mendel heard Fenzl's lectures, but failed the teaching examination in 1856, possibly because of fundamental scientific differences of opinion. Fenzl's grandson Erich Tschermak-Seysenegg is considered one of the rediscoverers of Mendel's research.
As a co-founder of the Vienna Zoological-Botanical Society and the Austrian Alpine Association , of which he was also the first chairman, he contributed a great deal to the spread of botanical knowledge.
His successor at the court cabinet, Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt, is one of Fenzl's students .
Honors
The plant genus Fenzlia Benth is named after Fenzl . from the family of the pear plants (Polemoniaceae).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Fenzl, Eduard . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, pp. 179-181 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt , Nekrolog auf Eduard Fenzl (PDF; 360 kB)
- Ludwig Haynald : Speech on Dr. Eduard Fenzl, foreign member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: read at the general meeting of the Academy on October 27, 1884
- Ernst Wunschmann: Fenzl, Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 520 f.
- Fenzl Eduard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 299.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Eduard Fenzl at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Hagemann: Mendel's strong personal motivation for his attempts at inheritance. Dedicated to the memory of Franz Weiling (PDF file, 264 kB)
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fenzl, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krummnußbaum , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1879 |
| Place of death | Vienna |