Franz Friedrich Fronius
For other uses, see Fronius.
Franz Friedrich Fronius (1829–1886) was a Transylvanian-Saxon botanist, ethnologist, and Lutheran cleric from Schäßburg.[1][2]
Fronius was born on 9 January 1829, in Nadesch (now Nadeş).[3] He authored over thirty books, including, Flora von Schäßburg, ein Beitrag zur Flora von Siebenbürgen (English: Flora of Schäßburg, a Contribution to the Flora of Siebenbürgen),[4] and Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart: Mittheilungen[5] (English: "Releases: Transylvania, from Antiquity to Present").[6] He also co-authored many other works.
Fronius died on 14 February 1886, in Agnetheln (now Agnita).[3]
References
- ↑ Myss Walter, ed. (1993). Encyclopaedia of the Transylvanian Saxons, Word and World. p. 135.
- ↑ Georg Daniel Teutsch, Friedrich Franz Denkrede (1887). "On Fronius". Archives of the Transylvanian Society of Geography. 21: 5–27.
- 1 2 Fronius Franz Friedrich In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL)
- ↑ Dr. Erika Schneider (June 2008). "150 years since the publication of "Flora of Sighisoara" FF Fronius". Sighisoara News. pp. 29–30.
- ↑ Joseph Szinnyei (2000). The life and works of English writers. Budapest: Arcanum. ISBN 963-86029-9-6.
- ↑ Franz Friedrich Fronius (1857). Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart: Mittheilungen. Hermannstadt: Theodor Steinhaußen. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ IPNI. Fronius.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.