Aleksander Zawadzki (naturalist)

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Aleksander Zawadzki, born Józef Antoni Zawadzki, (May 6, 1798 in Bielsko, Cieszyn Silesia – June 5, 1868 in Brno) was a Polish naturalist, author of flora and fauna list of Galicia and neighbourhood of Lviv. Teacher of a zoologist Stanisław Konstanty Pietruski. He was an editor of Lviv magazines, Rozmaitości and Mnemozyna.

Zawadzki was a lecturer of botany (1835–1837) and then professor of physics (1849–1853) at the Lviv University. For supporting Spring of Nations (Wiosna Ludów) he was dismissed and later became a director of real school in Brno.

He was a researcher of flora and fauna of Galicia and neighbourhood of Lviv. He was also the first researcher of beetles and butterflies of Eastern Galicia.

Chrysanthemum zawadskii, a species of chrysanthemum described by Herbich, is named after him.

[edit] Works

• —. (1835). Enumeratio plantarum Galiciae et Bucovinae. Oder die in Galizien und der Bukowina wildwachsenden Pflanzen mit genauer Angabe ihrer Standorte (in Latin). Breslau: Korn. OCLC 56868672. 
• —. (1840). Fauna der galizisch-bukowinischen Wirbelthiere. Eine systematische Uebersicht der in diesen Provinzen mit vorkommenden Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische, mit Rücksicht auf ihre Lebensweise und Verbreitung. D. Fische. Pisces (in German). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart Verlagshardlung. OCLC 61636191. 

[edit] Further reading

• Zawadzki Aleksander (1798–1868). Badacz Karpat i Galicji (PDF) (Polish).

[edit] References

• Zawadzki Aleksander (Polish). Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
• Zawadzki Aleksander (Polish). WIEM Encyklopedia. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.

Persondata
NAME	Zawadzki, Aleksander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zawadzki, Józef Antoni (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bielsk, Cieszyn Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	June 5, 1868
PLACE OF DEATH	Brno