Franz von Paula Schrank

Francis of Paula cabinet ( sometimes Schranck ) ( born August 21, 1747 in Vornbach am Inn today: Neuburg am Inn, district of Passau, † December 22, 1835 in Munich) was a German botanist, entomologist and a member of the Jesuit order. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " closet ".

Life and work

Cabinet visited the school today Leopoldinum in Passau and joined the Jesuit Order. After a period as a novice in Vienna he took part in a mission to Brazil, where his interest was aroused for the natural sciences. He continued his theological career continued, however, and received 1776 in Vienna PhD in theology. Already in the same year he became professor of mathematics and physics at the Lyceum in Amberg (Bavaria) and in 1784 professor at the first Bavarian University in Ingolstadt. After laying the university to Landshut in 1800 he continued his activity continued as a university teacher.

Later cabinet was 1809-1832, the first director of the Botanical Garden in Munich.

His bust -up took place in the hall of fame in Munich.

Awards

The plant genus Schrankia Willd. ( = Mimosa quadrivalvis ) has been named after him.

Works

Francis of Paula cabinet authored a variety of scientific journals. Of these, some are listed as following.

  • Contributions to the Natural History ( Augsburg, 1776) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.36918
  • Lectures to study the natural history of the species ( Ratisbohn, 1780)
  • Enumeratio insectorum AUSTRIAE indigenorum (Vienna, 1781)
  • Instructions to study the natural history (Munich, 1783)
  • Natural History Letters on Austria, Salzburg, Passau and Berchtesgaden ( collected works, together with Karl Maria Erenbert Freiherr von Moll, Salzburg, 1784-1785 ) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.37123
  • First Principles of Botany (Munich, 1785 )
  • Baiersche travel ... (1786 )
  • Directory of the previously well-known intestinal worms, together with an essays about their Anverwandschaften (Munich, 1787)
  • Bavarian Flora (Munich, 1789) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.6609
  • Primitiae FLORAE Salisburgensis, cum dissertatione previa de discrimine plantarum from animalibus (Frankfurt, 1792)
  • Memoirs of a private company by the naturalists and economists in Upper Teutschland (Munich, 1792)
  • Rudiments of mine customer ( Ingolstadt, 1793)
  • Trip to the southern mountains of Bavaria, in terms of botanical and economic articles ( Munich, 1793)
  • Collection of natural history and physical Aufsäze. ( Nuremberg, 1796) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.34274
  • Fauna Boica. Coherent history of native and tame animals in Bavaria ( Nuremberg, 1801) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.44923 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51801
  • Flora monacensis (Munich, 1811-1820 )
  • Plantae rariores horti academici Monacensis descriptæ et iconibus illustratæ (1819 )
  • Collection of ornamental plants ( 1819)

Swell

  • Robert Zander, Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (eds.): Handbook of Plant Names. 13th edition. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
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