Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

HAUER, FRANZ, RITTER VON (1822–1899)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 65 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

HAUER, See also:FRANZ, See also:RITTER VON (1822–1899) , See also:Austrian geologist, See also:born in See also:Vienna on the 30th of See also:January 1822, was son of See also:Joseph von Hauer (1778–1863), who was equally distinguished as a high Austrian See also:official and authority on See also:finance and as a palaeontologist. He was educated in Vienna, afterwards studied See also:geology at the See also:mining See also:academy of Schemnitz (1839-1843), and for a See also:time was engaged in official mining See also:work in See also:Styria. In 1846 he became assistant to W. von See also:Haidinger at the mineralogical museum in Vienna; three years later he joined the imperial See also:geological See also:institute, and in 1866 he was appointed director. In 1886 he became See also:superintendent of the imperial natural See also:history museum in Vienna. Among his See also:special geological See also:works are those on the See also:Cephalopoda of the Triassic and See also:Jurassic formations of Alpine regions (1855–1856). His most important See also:general work was that of the Geological See also:Map of Austro-See also:Hungary, in twelve sheets (1867–1871; 4th ed., 1884, including Bosnia and See also:Montenegro). This map was accompanied by a See also:series of explanatory See also:pamphlets. In 1582 he was awarded the See also:Wollaston See also:medal by the Geological Society of See also:London. In 1892 von Hauer became a See also:life-member of the upper See also:house of the Austrian See also:parliament. He died on the _loth of See also:March 1899. Puul.icaT1oxs.—Beitrage zur Palaontolographie von Osterreich (1858–18J9); See also:Die Geologic and ihre Anwendung auf die Kenntn.is der Bodenbeschaffenheit der osterr.-ungar. Monarchic (1875; ed.

2, 1878). Memoir 1w Dr E. Tictzc; Jahrbuch der K. K. geolog. Reichsanstalt (1899, reprinted 1900, with portrait).

End of Article: HAUER, FRANZ, RITTER VON (1822–1899)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
HAUCH, JOHANNES CARSTEN (1790-1872) 		[next]
HAUFF, WILHELM (1802–1827)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries