Franz Friedrich Fronius

Franz Friedrich Fronius (born 9 January 1829 in Nadesch - died 14 February 1886 in Agnetheln)[1] was a botanist, ethnologist, and Lutheran cleric from Schäßburg.[2][3]

Fronius, a Transylvanian Saxon, 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]

He co-authored countless other works, among them, Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart (English: Siebenbürgen, from Antiquity to Present).[5][6]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=agnetheln&ID=8985&nachname=FRONIUS&modus=&lang=en
  2. ^ Myss Walter (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the Transylvanian Saxons, Word and World, 1993, p. 135
  3. ^ Georg Daniel Teutsch, Friedrich Franz Denkrede on Fronius, in: Archives of the Transylvanian Society of Geography 21, 1887, p. 5-27
  4. ^ Dr. Erika Schneider, 150 years since the publication of "Flora of Sighisoara" FF Fronius, in Sighisoara News, June 2008, p. 29-30
  5. ^ Joseph Szinnyei: The life and works of English writers, Arcanum, Budapest, 2000, ISBN 9638602996
  6. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=WLYAAAAAcAAJ&dq=friedrich+fronius&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=m0k6zASY8M&sig=rXd1J3VgXvH_W1PGCt1TqYocA_M&hl=en&ei=gdfiSdjSBobWlQepobzgDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPP1,M1