Franz Friedrich Fronius
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Franz Friedrich Fronius (9 January 1829 - 14 February 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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Fronius.
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