Rudolf Kner
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| Rudolf Kner | |
|---|---|
 Rudolf Kner Lithography by Josef Kriehuber, 1852 | |
| Born |
August 24, 1810 Linz |
| Died |
October 27, 1869 (aged 59) Vienna |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Fields | ichthyology |
| Institutions |
Vienna (Austria) |
| Author abbreviation (zoology) | Kner |
Rudolf Kner (August 24, 1810 – October 27, 1869) was an Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist.
Kner was born in Linz. He studied medicine to completion and then worked at the Kaiserlichen Hof-Naturalienkabinett (now Naturhistorisches Museum Wien)[1] in Vienna, where he worked with Johann Jakob Heckel, among others. In 1841, he became professor for natural science at Lviv University. He returned to Vienna as professor of zoology (November 16, 1849). His primary field of study was ichthyology, with interests in paleontology and geology.
Kner died in Vienna.
Works
- Leitfaden zum Studium der Geologie, Vienna, 1851, 2nd edition 1855.
- Lehrbuch der Zoologie, Vienna, 1849, 2nd edition 1855, 3rd edition 1862.
- Die Süßwasserfische der österreichischen Monarchie, Leipzig, 1858 together with Heckel.
- Betrachtungen über die Ganoiden, als natürliche Ordnung, in: Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna], 54 (1862), p. 519-536.
External links
- Svojtka, M. (2006): Rudolf Kner und sein Beitrag zu den Erdwissenschaften.- Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Vienna), 69: 73-75 http://www.geologie.ac.at/filestore/download/BR0069_073_A.pdf (in German)
- Svojtka, M. (2007): Eindrücke aus der Frühzeit der geologischen Erforschung Ostgaliziens (Ukraine): Leben und erdwissenschaftliches Werk von Rudolf Kner (1810-1869). In: Geo.Alp (Innsbruck), Sonderband 1: 145-154 http://www.uibk.ac.at/downloads/c715/geoalp_sbd1_07/svojtka.pdf (in German)
- Natural history museum, Vienne: History of the fish collection
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References
- ↑ Leben und erdwissenschaftliches Werk von Rudolf Kner (1810–1869) Geology, Innsbruck
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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