Franz Frimmel

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Franz Frimmel , also: Franz Frimmel von Traisenau or František Frimmel von Traisenau , (born April 6, 1888 in Vienna , † November 19, 1957 in Olomouc ) was an Austro-Czech botanist . He was a pioneer in European plant breeding .

Life

Franz Frimmel studied botany at the University of Vienna . During his studies he was close friends with the physicist Erwin Schrödinger .

Frimmel became a full professor and full professor for agriculture at the German Technical University in Brno .

In 1918 Franz Frimmel became head of the Mendel Institute for Genetics and Plant Breeding in Eisgrub, which was founded in 1912, succeeding the Viennese professor Erich Tschermak-Seysenegg . He was also a professor of agricultural botany at the Mendel University for Agriculture and Forestry Brno (MUAF), founded in 1919 . Frimmel was a pioneer in plant breeding and became internationally known for his research on the cultivation of fruit plants, especially tomatoes. In 1939 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Frimmel stayed in Czechoslovakia, where he headed a tobacco research institute in Olomouc until his death in 1957.

His herbarium was incorporated into the herbarium of today's Institute of Botany and Zoology at Masaryk University in Brno (BRNU).

Fonts

  • The lower cuticle of the yew leaf - a light reflector. 1911.
  • Again the lower cuticle of the yew leaf. 1912.
  • Report on the trip to southern Carniola, Istria and the island of Arbe organized by the Natural Science Association of the Imperial and Royal University of Vienna at Pentecost 1911. 1914.
  • About some ancient seeds from the Orient. 1914.
  • with Albert Stummer: Vine growing in South Moravia. A ten-year report 1922–1931. Prague 1932. (Sbornik výzkumných ústavu zemedelských CSR. 94.)
  • Councilor Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Richard Wettstein-Westersheim. 1932.
  • Councilor Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Erich Tschermak-Seisenegg on his 60th birthday. 1932.
  • with K. Lauche: heterosis experiments on carrots. 1938.
  • Franz Schindler. 1938.
  • Contribution to the Xenien question in rye. 1939.
  • New ways of growing cucumbers. 1940.
  • Attempt to combat tomato mosaic disease. 1940.
  • The breeding importance of the ability to reassemble.
  • The importance of breeding heterose varieties. 1941.
  • Which speciation process led to the domestication form Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.? 1943.
  • The practice of plant breeding on a scientific basis for plant breeders, students, farmers and gardeners. Parey, Berlin 1951.

literature

  • Erich Tschermak-Seysenegg:  Frimmel von Traisenau, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 614 ( digitized version ).
  • Obituary for Professor Dr. Franz Frimmel. In: Journal TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics. Volume 28, Number 3, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, January 1958, pp. 97-99, ISSN  0040-5752 .
  • J. Lužný, A. Lebeda, E. Křístková: A dedication to Franz Frimmel, a Czech leader of cucurbit breeding. In: A. Lebeda, HS Paris (Ed.): Progress in Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding Research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding. Palacký University, Olomouc 2004, pp. 39–43. (Věnováno Franzi Frimmelovi, průkopníku šlechtění tykvovitých v českých zemích)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Simon: Science Policy in National Socialism and the University of Prague. ( Memento of September 21, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.5 MB). Society for Interdisciplinary Research Tübingen
  2. ↑ Studies on Central European Culture and Contemporary History. (PDF; 822 kB). Dreisselberg 2004.
personal data
SURNAME Frimmel, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frimmel von Traisenau, Franz (full name); Traisenau, František Frimmel from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Czech botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1957
Place of death Olomouc