Sigmund Aichhorn

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Sigmund Aichhorn (born November 19, 1814 in Vienna , † November 29, 1892 in Graz ) was an Austrian geologist and paleontologist .

Aichhorn was in 1839 at the University of Vienna Dr. med. PhD , 1842 Dr. med. et. chir. From 1839 to 1845 he was an assistant at the professorship for special natural history (mineralogy and zoology) at the University of Vienna. Since 1845 he taught natural history and geography at the secondary school in Graz, since 1847 mineralogy and geognosy at the Technical University at the Joanneum , from 1858 he was also director of the secondary school in Graz. He retired in 1875, but was still in charge of the Mineralogical Museum and the botanical and zoological collections of the Joanneum until 1890 .

Aichhorn dealt with subfossil finds from caves and enlarged the natural science collections of the Joanneum, including the paleontological collection.

In 1867 he received the Knight's Cross of the Austrian Franz Joseph Order , in 1890 he became an honorary member of the Natural Science Association for Styria

Publications (selection)

  • Characters of the higher systematic units of the animal kingdom . Graz 1846.
  • Introduction to the study of natural history, edited for beginners . Graz 1846. 3rd edition 1862.
  • Instructions for drawing areas of simple crystal shapes . Vienna 1855 ( digitized version ).
  • The mineral cabinet at steierm. Joanneum zu Gratz with special focus on the mineralogical display collection . Graz 1855 ( digitized version ).
  • Geographical distribution of the slate, stratified and mass mountains in Styria . Graz 1856.
  • Overview of the show collections in the natural history museum of the Styrian-scenic Joanneum in Graz . Graz 1880.

literature

  • Johann Rumpf: In memory of Sigmund Aichhorn . In: Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Steiermark 29, 1893, pp. 246–261 (with picture and list of scripts) ( digitized version ).
  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 10 online (PDF; 330 kB).
personal data
SURNAME Aichhorn, Sigmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aichhorn, Sigmund Johann Nepomuk (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1892
Place of death Graz