Heinrich Freyer
Heinrich Freyer (born July 7, 1802 in Idria , † August 21, 1866 in Laibach ) was an Austrian naturalist . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Freyer ".
Life
Freyer completed a pharmaceutical training in Ljubljana and Vienna . From 1829 to 1832 he worked as a pharmacist . In 1832 he was appointed curator of the recently founded Krainische Landesmuseum in Ljubljana . From 1853 Freyer worked as a curator at the Zoological-Botanical Museum in Trieste . He kept coming to Vienna to train.
In 1848 Freyer arranged for the Carinthian State Museum to be set up for the first time , even before Friedrich Simony was appointed curator. Freyer dealt with zoology, palaeontology, botany, geography and folklore in Carniola .
Freyer was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna .
Honors
The plant genus Freyera Rchb is named after Freyer . from the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae).
Publications (selection)
- Foraminifera finds in Carniola and Croatia . In: Ber. over Message from friends d. Natural science in Vienna , Vienna 1846 a. 1849, p. 109/157 u. P. 9
- Fossils from Polsica in Upper Carniola . In: Ber. over Message from friends d. Natural science in Vienna , Vienna 1849, p. 202
- Correspondence . In: Austrian Botanical Journal 1853, pp. 156–158
- About newly discovered conchylia from the sexes Carychium and Pterocera . In: Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class 15, 1855, pp. 18–23 online (PDF; 575 kB)
literature
- Karl Deschmann : In: Almanach of the Imperial Academy of Sciences 17, 1867, pp. 265-277.
- Freyer, Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 360.
- Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae. Supplementum (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15a). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7001-0948-2 , p. 163 ( PDF; 433 kB ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Heinrich Freyer at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freyer, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freyer (botanical author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Idria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1866 |
| Place of death | Laibach |