Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen (or Baron Constantin von Ettingshausen) (16 June 1826 in Vienna – 1 February 1897 in Graz) was an Austrian botanist known for his paleobotanical studies of flora from the Tertiary era. He was the son of physicist Andreas von Ettingshausen.[1]
Constantin von Ettingshausen
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| Born | (1826-06-16)16 June 1826
Vienna, Austria
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| Died | 1 February 1897(1897-02-01) (aged 70)
Graz, Austria
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| Education | University of Vienna |
| Known for | Tertiary floras of Europe, and fossil floras of Australia and New Zealand |
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| Fields | Botany, palaeobotany |
| Institutions | University of Graz; Natural History Museum, London |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Ettingsh. |
In 1848 he graduated as a doctor of medicine in Vienna, and became in 1854 a professor of botany and natural history at the medical and surgical military academy in that city. In 1871 he was chosen professor of botany at Graz, a position which he maintained until the close of his life.[2]
From 1876 he made repeated visits to London, where he arranged collections at the Natural History Museum.[3] He was distinguished for his researches on the Tertiary floras of various parts of Europe, and on the fossil floras of Australia and New Zealand.[2] The extinct genus Ettingshausenia (family Vitaceae) was named in his honor by August Wilhelm Stiehler (1857).[4][5]
Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ettingshausen, Constantin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 863.
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