All Topics  
Franz Steindachner

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Franz Steindachner
 
 
  Topics Franz Steindachner Topic Home

Franz Steindachner (November 11, 1834 - December 10, 1919) was an Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n zoologist.

Being interested in natural history
Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards the observational than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research that is published in magazines than in academic journals....
, Steindachner took up the study of fossil
Fossil

Fossils are the preserved remains or trace fossil of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous Rock formations and sedimentary rock layers is known as the fossil record....
 fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
es on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess

Eduard Suess was a geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana and the Tethys Ocean....
. In 1860 he was appointed to the position of director of the fish collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum
Naturhistorisches Museum

The Naturhistorisches Museum Wien or NHMW is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria.The collections displayed cover 8,700 m?, and the museum has a website providing an overview as a video virtual tour....
, a position which had remained vacant since the death of Johann Jakob Heckel
Johann Jakob Heckel

Johann Jakob Heckel was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim.Though not a formally trained zoologist he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna....
.

Steindachner's reputation as an ichthyologist grew, and in 1868 he was invited by Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a paleontologist, glaciologist, and geologist, and was a prominent innovator in the study of the earth's natural history....
 to accept a position at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Franz Steindachner'
Start a new discussion about 'Franz Steindachner'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Steindachner Franz 1834 1919
Franz Steindachner (November 11, 1834 - December 10, 1919) was an Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n zoologist.

Being interested in natural history
Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards the observational than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research that is published in magazines than in academic journals....
, Steindachner took up the study of fossil
Fossil

Fossils are the preserved remains or trace fossil of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous Rock formations and sedimentary rock layers is known as the fossil record....
 fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
es on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess

Eduard Suess was a geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana and the Tethys Ocean....
. In 1860 he was appointed to the position of director of the fish collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum
Naturhistorisches Museum

The Naturhistorisches Museum Wien or NHMW is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria.The collections displayed cover 8,700 m?, and the museum has a website providing an overview as a video virtual tour....
, a position which had remained vacant since the death of Johann Jakob Heckel
Johann Jakob Heckel

Johann Jakob Heckel was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim.Though not a formally trained zoologist he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna....
.

Steindachner's reputation as an ichthyologist grew, and in 1868 he was invited by Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a paleontologist, glaciologist, and geologist, and was a prominent innovator in the study of the earth's natural history....
 to accept a position at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
. Steindachner took part in the Hassler
Hassler (vessel)

The Hassler was the early steamboat used in the service of the U.S. National Geodetic Survey. In 1871-1872 the ship sailed on the Hassler Expedition, under Commander Philip Carrigan Johnson, brother of Eastman Johnson....
 Expedition of 1871-1872. In 1874 he returned to Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 and in 1887 was appointed director of the Zoological Department of the Naturhistorisches Museum. In 1898 he was promoted to director of the museum.

Steindachneridion
Steindachneridion

Steindachneridion is a genus of South American Pimelodidae catfish ....
, a genus of fish in South America discovered by Steindachner, is named after him.