Hans Chloupač

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Hans Chloupač (* 30th December 1887 in Vienna , † 5. January 1965 ) was an Austrian Government and fossil collectors .

Live and act

Until his retirement in 1952, Hans Chloupač was a councilor in the Central Statistical Office in Vienna. In addition, he was a successful fossil collector and volunteer at the Natural History Museum . His collection is in the Natural History Museum.

Chloupač put the focus of his collections on fossil conchylia of the Vienna basin . He paid special attention to fossils from the soil of Vienna. He was able to put together a considerable collection of these. The Natural History Museum Vienna rated its collection as "a valuable addition to the previous holdings in several respects".

In recognition of his services, Chloupač was appointed correspondent of the Natural History Museum in 1954.

Publications (selection)

  • Entomological news from the crown lands. Slavonia. Excerpt from the lecture that took place in the club house on November 21, 1917. In: Journal of the Austrian Entomological Association 3, 1918, pp. 59–60 ( PDF p. 59 ).
  • New Sarmat deposits and new Torton outcrops in the Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn area, ND. In: Mitt. Alpenl. geol. Ver. 35, 1942, pp. 387-394

literature

  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 23 ( PDF; 376 kB ).
  • Helmuth Zapfe: Government Council. Hans Chloupač † . In: Annals of the Natural History Museum in Vienna 68, 1965, pp. 1–2 online (PDF; 367 kB).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmuth Zapfe : Reg.-Rat. Hans Chloupač † . In: Annals of the Natural History Museum in Vienna 68, 1965, pp. 1–2 online (PDF; 367 kB).
personal data
SURNAME Chloupač, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian government councilor and fossil collector
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1965
Place of death Vienna