Franz Clara

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Franz Clara (born October 2, 1781 in Abbey ; † March 3, 1873 in St. Michael near Castelrotto ) was a South Tyrolean Catholic clergyman. From 1822 he worked as a curator in St. Michael near Castelrotto.

Clara made an excellent contribution to the early geological exploration of the Dolomites and discovered numerous fossil deposits as a collector. The fossil shell species Claraia claraia was named after him.

literature

  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 138 online (PDF; 325 kB).
  • Eduard Widmoser: South Tyrol A- Z . Innsbruck / Munich 1982. Volume 1, p. 265 online .
  • Marco Avanzini, Michael Wachtler: Dolomites. Travel back in time . Athesia, Brixen 1999, p. 52.
personal data
SURNAME Clara, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Tyrolean Catholic clergyman and fossil collector
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Abbey (South Tyrol)
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1873
Place of death St. Michael near Kastelruth , South Tyrol