Ludwig Karl Schmarda

Ludwig Karl Schmarda ( born August 23, 1819 in Olomouc, † April 7, 1908 in Vienna ) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer.

Schmarda studied at the Vienna University of Medicine, then turned to zoology, and in 1850 professor at the University of Graz, where he founded a natural history museum. In 1852 he taught at the University in Prague. Schmarda made ​​1853-1857 an extensive research trip around the world to Africa, Asia, Australia and America, and was then from 1862 until his retirement in 1883 professor at the University of Vienna; 1866/67 he was dean. Several more trips - so in 1851, accompanied by the industrialist Franz Ritter von Friedau - served mainly to study of economic aspects of the oyster farms and sea fishing and brought him to the shores of the Adriatic, France, Spain, Africa, and to Ceylon in the Indian Ocean.

Schmarda dealt with the geographical distribution of animals, both on land and at sea.

According Totenbeschauprotokoll he was buried in the cemetery in Gotha. 1936 named to the Schmardagasse in Vienna Hietzing after him.

Writings

  • Hints of the mental life of animals (1846 )
  • On the natural history of the Adriatic Sea ( 1852)
  • The geographical distribution of animals (1853 )
  • New invertebrate animals (1859-1861)
  • Travel to de Earth (1861 )
  • Zoology (1871 )
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