Franz Bach (paleontologist)

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Franz Bach (born August 30, 1886 in Mürzzuschlag , † April 25, 1943 in Leoben ) was an Austrian paleontologist and teacher.

From 1908 to 1911 Bach was an assistant at the Geological Institute of the University of Graz . From 1911 to 1943 he was a middle school teacher, until 1919 in Lundenburg , Moravia, then in Leoben, Styria. As a palaeontologist, Bach researched the mammals of the Styrian Young Tertiary.

Publications

  • Mastodon remains from Styria . In: Contributions to the palaeontology and geology of Austria-Hungary and the Orient, Vol. 23, 1910, pp. 64–124 (also dissertation, University of Graz).
  • The tertiary land mammals of Styria . In: Communications from the Natural Science Association for Styria, vol. 45, 1908, pp. 60–127.
  • Chalicotheria remains from the Tertiary of Styria. In: Yearbook of the Imperial Royal Geological Institute , Vol. 62, 1912, pp. 681–690. PDF

literature

  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 13 online (PDF; 362 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian paleontologist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Mürzzuschlag
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1943
Place of death Leoben