Rudolf Sturany
Rudolf Sturany (born April 13, 1867 in Vienna ; † February 28, 1935 there ) was an Austrian malacologist .
Life
Rudolf Sturany was the son of the architect Johann Sturany and, after attending grammar schools in Kremsmünster and the Schottengymnasium in Vienna, studied zoology from 1886 at the University of Leipzig with Rudolf Leuckart and at the University of Vienna with Carl Claus , Friedrich Moritz Brauer and Karl Grobben . In 1891 he received his doctorate in Vienna, but from 1889 he was a volunteer at the Natural History Museum Vienna , where he was custodian for molluscs (he also looked after bryozoa , brachiopods and tunicates ). In 1897 he became assistant, in 1901 custodian adjunct, in 1907 custodian 2nd class and in 1915 custodian 1st class. He undertook collecting and research trips to Dalmatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Albania and Crete (1902). He not only collected mollusks, but also insects. In 1899 he visited colleagues at German museums and in Budapest. As a curator he was able to acquire large collections, for example that of K. Gerstenbrandt with 10,000 species. He became a councilor and retired in 1922. From the time of the First World War, however, he was plagued by eye problems, so that in 1924 he had to give up working in the museum entirely.
In 1895 he edited the mollusc collection of the Taurus expedition (Marmara Sea), in 1896 the Pola deep-sea expeditions (eastern Mediterranean, Adriatic, also brachiopods), in 1899 that of the Russian geologist Vladimir Afanassjewitsch Obrutschew in Central Asia and in 1903 that of the Pola expedition to the Red Sea .
The land snail genus Sturanyella is named after him. Spelaeoconcha paganettii is one of his many first descriptions .
In 1912 he received the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order . From 1896 to 1913 he was on the committee of the Vienna Zoological and Botanical Society.
literature
- V. Stagl: Sturany Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 11.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Sturany in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary by Wolfgang Adensamer, pdf
References and comments
- ↑ Sturany, WA Obrutschew's mollusc sales from High Asia, Vienna, memoranda of Austria. Akad. Wiss., 1900, Archives
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sturany, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian malacologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1935 |
| Place of death | Vienna |