Johann Peyritsch

Johann Joseph Peyritsch or Johann Josef Peyritsch (born October 20, 1835 in Völkermarkt , † September 14, 1889 in Gries near Bozen ) was an Austrian botanist , doctor and university lecturer . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Peyr. "

Life

Peyritsch attended the upper secondary school in Graz and the Graz Academic High School . From 1856 he studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at the kk Polytechnic Institute in Vienna and in 1860 moved to the University of Vienna . There he studied medicine. He was promoted to Dr. med. and in 1866 Dr. chir. PhD as well as Mag. obstet. graduated. In 1866 he was a marine doctor in Pula and from 1868 to 1870 a secondary doctor at the General Hospital of the City of Vienna . During this time he succeeded in proving trichinosis in living people and that favus is caused by a fungus.

Peyritsch went to the University of Halle in 1870 to devote himself to botany under Anton de Bary . In 1871 Eduard Fenzl appointed him as 2nd curator at the kk Hof-Naturalien-Cabinet . In the winter semester of 1873/1874 he completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna and, in addition to his position as curator, was also a private lecturer in morphological and systematic botany. In 1878 he followed a call to succeed Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun as a full professor of systematic botany at the University of Innsbruck .

Peyritsch died surprisingly in Gries near Bozen .

Together with Paul Grohmann , Friedrich Simony , Edmund von Mojsisovics , Anton von Ruthner and Guido von Sommaruga (1842–1895) he was one of the founding members of the Austrian Alpine Club (founded on November 19, 1862).

with Theodor Kotschy : Plantae Tinneanae , meeting reports of the Vienna Academy, Gerold, Vienna 1867.
On some mushrooms from the Laboulbenia family , meeting reports of the Vienna Academy, Vienna 1871.
On the occurrence and biology of the Laboulbeniaceae , meeting reports of the Vienna Academy, Vienna 1875.
Investigations into the etiology of peloric flower formations , memoranda of the Vienna Academy, Vienna 1877.
On the artificial production of double flowers and other deviations in formation , reports from the meeting of the Vienna Academy, Vienna 1888.

Ernst Wunschmann: Peyritsch, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 39-41.
H. Riedl: Peyritsch, Johann Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 20 f. (Direct links on p. 20 , p. 21 ).
Peyritsch, Johann Josef . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 7 : Menghin – Pötel . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-094026-8 , pp. 777 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Peyritsch, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peyritsch, Johann Joseph (full name); Peyritsch, Johann Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian botanist, physician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 20, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Völkermarkt
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1889
Place of death	Gries near Bozen