Franz von Nopcsa

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Franz von Nopcsa (completely Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvas ; born May 3, 1877 in Szacsal, an estate near Hatzeg in Transylvania , Austria-Hungary ; † April 25, 1933 in Vienna ) was a Hungarian-Austrian palaeontologist , geologist and one the leading Albania explorer of his time.

Life

Baron Franz Nopcsa in Albanian uniform 1915

Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvas came from the Hungarian nobility. The Szilvássy family, which can be traced back to the 13th century, was one of his ancestors. His uncle of the same name (* 1815 in Felsőfarkadin, Transylvania; † 1904 in Szecseleváros, Transylvania) was one of the highest court officials of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and from 1868 to 1894 the chief steward of Empress Elisabeth .

Baron Nopcsa was April 20, 1925 to November 28, 1928 Director of the Hungarian Geological Institute in Budapest. Through his membership in numerous scientific societies, he also maintained a wide range of working contacts in Europe. In addition, he was the author of around 150 publications. His most important work, a 3000-page work on Albania , was never published. The manuscript is said to be in Albania today.

Nopcsa died by suicide in Vienna on April 25, 1933, after he had previously shot his partner, the Albanian Bajazid Elmas Doda (* around 1888 in Štirovica, Ottoman Empire ; today North Macedonia ). His grave, now abandoned , was in the urn grove of the Simmering fire hall (Department 3, Ring 3, Group 8, Number 44).

Memberships

Enumeration u. a. to Hála

Works (selection)

  • Dinosaur remains from Transylvania. I. Skull of Limnosaurus transsylvanicus nov. gen. et spec. Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences Vienna, Volume 68, 1900, pp. 555–591.
  • Dinosaur remains from Transylvania II (skull remains of Mochlodon) with an appendix: On the phylogeny of the ornithopodids. Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Volume 72, 1902
  • Dinosaur remains from Transylvania III (Further skull remains from Mochlodon). Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences Vienna, Volume 74, 1904
  • From Šala and Klementi: Albanian walks. Sarajevo, 1910 archive.org
  • House and household effects in northern Catholic Albania. Sarajevo, 1912 archive.org
  • Geography and geology of Northern Albania. Budapest: Inst.Regni Hungariae Geologicum, 1929
  • Dinosaur remains from Transylvania V. Budapest: Inst.Regni Hungariae Geologicum, 1929
  • On the geology of the coastal chains of Northern Albania. Communication from the JB of the Royal Hungarians. Geol. Institute, Budapest: Kgl. Hungarian. Univ.-Buchdr., 1925
  • Albania. Buildings, costumes and equipment of Northern Albania . Berlin: de Gruyter & Co., 1925

literature

There are several publications about his life and work, his scientific work and his suicide; among others by

and a recent summary of

  • József Hála: Franz Baron von Nopcsa. Notes on his family and relations with Albania. A bibliography. Federal Geological Institute et al., Vienna et al . 1993, ISBN 3-900312-89-3 .

Web links

Commons : Ferenc Nopcsa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog of the German National Library
  2. ↑ a b József Hála: Franz Baron von Nopcsa, notes on his family and his relations with Albania. Vienna (Geolog. Bundesanstalt, Hungarian Geol. Landesanstalt) 1993, pp. VI – VII
  3. ↑ Koleksioni i vitit 1907 i fotografive të Bajazid Dodës në Maqedoni (photo). Telegrafi, May 11, 2018, accessed February 7, 2020 (Albanian).
  4. ^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914.
personal data
SURNAME Nopcsa, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nopcsa, Francisc; Nopcsa von Felsö-Szilvas, Franz Baron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-Austrian paleontologist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Szacsal, Hatzeg , Transylvania , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1933
Place of death Vienna