Franz Unger

The botanist Franz Unger (1800–1870), lithograph by Josef Kriehuber

Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (born November 30, 1800 on Gut Amthofen near Leutschach in Styria , Austria ; † February 13, 1870 in Graz ) was a k. k. Austrian botanist , paleontologist and plant physiologist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Unger ".

Live and act

Unger first studied law at the University of Graz and then moved to the University of Vienna in 1820 , where he studied medicine . From 1822 he was enrolled at the Charles University in Prague . In 1823 he moved back to the University of Vienna, where he became a Dr. med. received his doctorate . During his studies in 1820 he was a member of the fraternity circle in Graz.

From 1827 he practiced as a doctor in Stockerau near Vienna, from 1830 as a regional court doctor in Kitzbühel in Tyrol . In 1833 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . He was a corresponding member of the Prussian and Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1836 he became professor of botany at the Karl-Franzens University of Graz , and in 1850 professor of plant physiology in Vienna . In 1852 he traveled to Northern Europe , later the Orient, and from 1866 lived in retirement on his estate near Graz.

Unger initially made significant contributions to palaeontology , but later turned more to physiology and phytotomy and primarily promoted the study of cells and protoplasm .

family

Unger was born with Maria Josepha. Sand (t) married. The archivist , numismatist and dialectologist Theodor Unger (1840-1896) came from the marriage .

Honor

In Graz-Gries , Ungergasse was named after him in 1870. In 2015, Herwig Teppner lamented the decay of the inclined grave slab in the St. Peter city cemetery in Graz due to frost damage.

Fonts

• About the influence of the soil on the distribution of plants . 1836 ( archive.org ).
• Aphorisms on the anatomy and physiology of plants . 1838 ( archive.org ).
• About the construction and growth of the dicotyledon trunk . 1840.
• About crystal formations in the plant cells . 1840.
• Chloris protogaea, Contributions to the flora of the ancient world . (1841-1847).
• Synopsis plantarum fossilium . 1845.
• Basic anatomy and physiology of plants . 1846.
• Genera et species plantarum fossilium . 1850 ( archive.org ).
• The primeval world in its various educational periods . 3. Edition. 1864 (first edition: 1851).
• Attempt a history of the plant world . 1852 ( archive.org ).
• Botanical letters . 1852 ( archive.org ).
• Iconographia plantarum fossilium . 1852.
• Plant anatomy and physiology . 1855.
• Forays in botanical forays into the field of cultural history . ( archive.org - 1857-1868).
• Sylloge plantarum fossilium . 1860.
• The sunken island of Atlantis . 1860 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• About the physiological importance of plant culture . 1860 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Scientific results of a trip to Greece and the Ionian Islands . 1862 ( archive.org ).
• The island of Cyprus . 1865 ( archive.org ).
• Basics of the anatomy and physiology of plants . 1866.
• Geology of the European forest trees . 1870.
• The fossil flora of Szántó in Hungary . 1870 ( archive.org ).

swell

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Unger, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 49th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1884, pp. 44–61 ( digitized version ).
• Wilhelm von Gümbel :  Unger, Franz von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, pp. 286-289.
• Karl Mägdefrau : history of botany . Gustav Fischer Verlag , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-437-20489-0 .
• Ilse Jahn (Ed.): History of Biology. Spectrum 2000.
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , pp. 93-95.
• Marianne Klemun (Ed.): Unity in Diversity - Franz Ungers (1800–1870) Concepts of Nature Research in an International Context. Vienna University Press, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8471-0484-1 ( books.google.de limited preview).
• Christa Riedl-Dorn: Unger, Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus, natural scientist, botanist. In: New German Biography Band. 26 (Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Berlin 2016) pp. 630–631
• Christa Riedl-Dorn: Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger In: Lexicon of important natural scientists Volume III. (Spektrum Akad. Verlag; Heidelberg / Munich 2004) p. 384

Web links

• Franz Unger's estate in the Basel University Library
• Entry on Franz Unger in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Author entry and list of the described plant names for Franz Unger at the IPNI

Commons : Franz Unger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Member entry of Franz Unger at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.
2. ↑ Unger, Theodor, in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon (on-line)
3. ↑ Herwig Teppner: Fragments on the History of Systematic Botany in Graz (PDF) Lecture on April 11, 2015 in Graz, accessed November 7, 2016.
4. ↑ Herwig Teppner, Erika Teppner, Michael Pinter: Fragments for the History of Systematic Botany in Graz Lecture on April 11, 2015 on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting of the Society of Austrian Cactus Friends 2015 in Graz, as a web-book at austria-forum, accessed November 7, 2016.