Franz Antoine (botanist, 1768)
Franz de Paula Antoine (born January 23, 1768 in Möllersdorf , † August 22, 1834 in Vienna ) was an Austrian pomologist .
Life
Franz Antoine from Lower Austria worked as a royal-imperial court gardener in Vienna from 1810 . During his time he beautified the courtyard garden and also took care of the cultivation of fruit trees . He died in Vienna at the age of 66. In 1820 he wrote a work that was well known in specialist circles at the time. His son of the same name was also a court gardener.
Works
- Illustrations of 51 peach varieties according to nature . Vienna 1816–1821. Drawings by Joseph Kraft d. J. (initially individual issues, collected in 1821 as an illustration of 51 peach genera from nature )
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Antoine, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 46 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt : Antoine, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 485.
- Antoine, Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 24.
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| SURNAME | Antoine, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Antoine, Franz de Paula (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Möllersdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1834 |
| Place of death | Vienna |