Józef Rostafiński

Józef Rostafiński ( born August 14, 1850 in Warsaw, † May 5, 1928 in Krakow, full name Józef Tomasz Rostafiński, in some publications also called Joseph Thomas Rostafinski ) was a Polish botanist, professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Member Polska Akademia the Umiejętności and pioneer of Polish floristry. His botanical author abbreviation is " Rostaf. ".

Life

He studied Natural Sciences in Warsaw 1866-1869. He then studied at Jena, Halle and in Strasbourg. From 1877 he was a corresponding member since 1883 and an active member of the Academy of Sciences. In the years 1920-1923 he was Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science Faculty of the University of Krakow, in the years 1890 to 1907 secretary of the same, and since 1873 an associate and since 1877 a full member of the Academy Physio Graphic Arts Commission.

Between 1874 and 1876 he published as a student Anton de Barys, the first comprehensive monograph on the group of Myxogastria. One of his books, a guide to the plants determination in Poland - Przewodnik do oznaczania Roślin w Polsce Dziko rosnących, experienced 1886-1979 21 editions.

Józef Rostafiński was the grandfather of the resistance fighter and member of the Armia Krajowa Wojciech Rostafiński.