Karl Franz Anton von Schreibers ( German: Karl Franz Anton von Schreibers ) is an Austrian zoologist.
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation Schreibers . Personal page on IPNI website The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Schreibers " . |
Biography
Karl von Schreibers arrived in Vienna at the age of 9, studied at the Lowenburg Monastery in 1784, and from 1793 began to study medicine. Until 1795, he worked as an assistant to the phrenologist Franz Joseph Gall . After receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1798, Schreibers worked as a doctor with his uncle and traveled to several European countries in 1799. In 1801, he became assistant professor of natural sciences at the University of Vienna, , whose lectures he supplemented from 1802 to 1807. Along with this, he also conducted medical practice.
Schreibers began early to study botany, mineralogy, as well as zoology and made contacts in this area with European scientists. On their initiative, he was engaged in little-known proteins . In 1806, he was appointed director of the imperial Cabinet of Natural Sciences ( de: Kk Hof-Naturalienkabinette ), the collection of which he significantly expanded. In 1809, he actively participated in the evacuation of the collection to protect against Napoleonic troops. In 1817, Prince Metternich instructed Schreibers to lead a scientific expedition to Brazil. Schreibers ultimately became the founder of the Vienna-based Natural History Museum, which was built according to the scientific point of view. In 1812, he became a freelance member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Schreibers described a meteorite, named in his honor as a shreibersit .
Literature
- Christa Riedl-Dorn: Schreibers Karl Franz (Anton) von. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Band 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , S. 199 f. (Direktlinks auf S. 199, S. 200).
- Christa Riedl-Dorn: Schreibers, Karl Ritter von. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, S. 536 f.
- Wilhelm Heß: Schreibers, Karl Ritter von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, S. 477 f.
- Schreibers, Karl Franz Anton Ritter von, in Constant von Wurzbach, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, 31. Band, Wien 1866.
- Sylk Schneider: Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers und die österreichisch-brasilianischen Naturalien. In: Sylk Schneider, Goethes Reise nach Brasilien, Weimar 2008, S.93-104. ISBN 978-3-937939-69-8 .