Gustav von Hayek
Gustav von Hayek (born March 21, 1836 in Brno , Moravia ; † January 11, 1911 in Vienna ) was a teacher at secondary schools and a pioneer of ornithology in Austria . He is the father of August von Hayek .
Life
Gustav von Hayek served in the Navy from 1854 to 1863, with whom he traveled around the world. He then studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna, became Andreas Kornhuber's assistant and received his doctorate in 1869. From 1869 to 1900 he was a high school professor of natural history and chemistry. Hayek was head of the ornithological association and general secretary of the "Comité international permanent ornithologique".
Among other things, he was the editor of the "Illustrated Guide to the Natural History of the Animal Kingdom", a textbook for middle schools as well as the manual of zoology in four volumes (1877 to 1893) and the large hand atlas of the natural history of all three kingdoms (1882).
Works
- Hand atlas of all medicinisch-pharmaceutischen plants or lifelike illustrations together with descriptions in botanical, pharmacognostic and pharmacological regard to all new manuals and textbooks of pharmacognosy and drug theory, taking into account the latest German, Austrian, Russian and Swiss pharmacopoeias: for use by pharmacists, Doctors and Druggists , Jena, 1884 digitized version of the University and State Library in Düsseldorf
literature
- Hayek Gustav from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 226.
Web links
- Entry about Gustav von Hayek in the Austria-Forum (biography)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayek, Gustav, from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian teacher and ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1911 |
| Place of death | Vienna |