Karl Frauscher
Karl Ferdinand Frauscher (born October 23, 1852 in Mattighofen , † April 12, 1914 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian teacher and paleontologist .
Frauscher was in 1883 at the University of Vienna Dr. phil. PhD. From 1882 to 1885 he was a volunteer at the Geological Reichsanstalt in Vienna. In 1890 Frauscher became a secondary school teacher in Klagenfurt. From 1890 he was also curator of the zoological and palaeontological collections at the Carinthian State Museum .
Frauscher worked in the field of paleontology in the fields of phytopalaeontology and evertebrata , especially from the Alpine Eocene .
Publications (selection)
- The Lower Eocene of the Northern Alps and its fauna. Part I: Lamellibranchiata . In: Memoranda of the Academy of Scientists 51, 1886, pp. 37–270 online (PDF; 22.7 MB)
literature
- Frauscher Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 355.
- G. Geyer: Karl Frauscher †. In: Negotiations of the Imperial and Royal Geological Institute. 1914, pp. 243-244, PDF (311 kB) on ZOBODAT
- Robert Latzel : Professor Dr. Karl Ferdinand Frauscher †. In: Carinthia. II 104/24, 1914, pp. 1-6, PDF (510 kB) on ZOBODAT
- Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae. (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae. Issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 33, PDF (380 kB) on ZOBODAT
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| SURNAME | Frauscher, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frauscher, Karl Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian teacher and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mattighofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1914 |
| Place of death | Klagenfurt |