Rudolf Rohrer (publisher, 1805)

Rudolf Rohrer (born December 18, 1805 in Krakow , † September 14, 1839 in Brno ) was an Austrian printer, publisher and botanist .

Life

Rudolf Rohrer was the son of the Cracow police director Karl M. Rohrer, who later became Gubernialrat in Lemberg , and a grandson of Joseph Georg Traßler , who had founded the family-owned printing company in 1786. He attended secondary school until 1820 and then first the commercial and then the technical department of the polytechnic institute in Vienna . This was followed by commercial training in a wholesaler. In 1828 he became managing director of the print shop and bookstore founded by his grandfather. From 1831 he was the owner of the printing house. Multi-color and embossed printing were introduced under Rohrer's aegis ; Rudolf Rohrer also bought the first cylinder press in Moravia .

Rohrer published scientific and local history publications. From 1838 he was editor of the magazine Moravia . Rudolf Rohrer belonged to various learned societies. As a botanist, he put on extensive collections. Among other things, he climbed the Großglockner on August 10, 1829 for scientific reasons . In 1835, together with August K. Mayer, he brought out the preparatory work for a flora of the Moravian governorate . The son Rudolf Maria , who later managed the company, emerged from his marriage to Hedwig von Ott, who after Rohrer's death continued the printing company under the name “Rudolf Rohrer's sel. Widow” .

literature

A. Durstmüller: Rohrer Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 215 f. (Direct links on p. 215 , p. 216 ).

Individual evidence

^ Marianne Klemun : The "rare Alpine children" of the Grossglockner - on the botany of an "Alpine" area in the 18th and 19th centuries. In: Carinthia II. 193/113. Year, Klagenfurt 2003, p. 249 (full article p. 217–254, PDF on ZOBODAT ).
↑ A. Durstmüller: Rohrer, Rudolf Maria . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).

personal data
SURNAME	Rohrer, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian publisher and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	Krakow
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1839
Place of death	Brno

[1] Marianne Klemun : The "rare Alpine children" of the Grossglockner - on the botany of an "Alpine" area in the 18th and 19th centuries. In: Carinthia II. 193/113. Year, Klagenfurt 2003, p. 249 (full article p. 217–254, PDF on ZOBODAT ).

[2] A. Durstmüller: Rohrer, Rudolf Maria . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).