Friedrich Teller

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Friedrich Josef Teller (born August 28, 1852 in Karlsbad , Bohemia , † January 10, 1913 ) was an Austrian paleontologist and geologist .

Life

He was the son of Karlsbad's master belt maker Franz Teller and his wife Maria née Mader. Teller studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna , where he studied anatomy, zoology and geology in particular with Eduard Sueß (whose assistant he was). In 1875/76 he took part in the geological exploration of Greece under Melchior Neumayr ( Chios , Euboea , coastal mountains of Thessaly ). From 1877 he was at the Imperial Geological Institute . In 1897 he became kk Bergrat and in 1900 chief geologist.

At the Reichsanstalt he mainly mapped in the Alps, starting with the glacier areas of the Ötztal Alps and Stubai Alps up to the Großglockner . In 1864 he moved from the Eastern Alps to the Southern Alps ( Karawanken , Steiner Alps , Triglaw ). He also carried out geological investigations in advance of and during the construction of the railway line from Klagenfurt to Trieste (with many tunnels).

As a paleontologist, he described, among other things, a lungfish ( Ceratodus ) from the Upper Triassic ( Lunz Formation ), a tapir from South Styria and anthracotheria from Styria and Dalmatia.

In 1898 he became a member of the Leopoldina . In 1902 he became a corresponding and in 1912 a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . He was an honorary doctor in Chernivtsi . In 1911 he received the Officer's Cross of the Order of St. Joseph.

He turned down an appointment as professor of palaeontology at the University of Vienna.

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  1. ↑ member entry by Friedrich plate in the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on April 5, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Teller, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Teller, Friedrich Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Carlsbad
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1913