Franz Friedrich Fronius

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Franz Friedrich Fronius (1829–1886) was a Transylvanian-Saxon botanist, ethnologist, and Lutheran cleric from Schäßburg.[1][2]

Title Page of Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart (1857)

Fronius was born on 9 January 1829, in Nadesch (now Nadeş).[citation needed] 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),[3] and Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart: Mittheilungen[4] (English: "Releases: Transylvania, from Antiquity to Present").[5] He also co-authored many other works.

Fronius died on 14 February 1886, in Agnetheln (now Agnita).[citation needed]

The standard author abbreviation Fronius is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Myss Walter, ed. (1993). Encyclopaedia of the Transylvanian Saxons, Word and World. p. 135. 
  2. ↑ Georg Daniel Teutsch, Friedrich Franz Denkrede (1887). "On Fronius". Archives of the Transylvanian Society of Geography 21: 5–27. 
  3. ↑ Dr. Erika Schneider (June 2008). "150 years since the publication of "Flora of Sighisoara" FF Fronius". Sighisoara News. pp. 29–30. 
  4. ↑ Joseph Szinnyei (2000). The life and works of English writers. Budapest: Arcanum. ISBN 963-86029-9-6. 
  5. ↑ Franz Friedrich Fronius (1857). Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart: Mittheilungen. Hermannstadt: Theodor Steinhaußen. Retrieved 22 March 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Author Query for 'Fronius'". International Plant Names Index. 
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