Aleksander Zawadzki (naturalist)

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name = Aleksander Zawadzki


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caption = Portrait of Aleksander Zawadzki, 1862
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birth_date = birth date|1798|5|6
birth_place = Bielsko, Austrian Empire
death_date = death date and age|1868|6|5|1798|5|6
death_place = Brno, Austria-Hungary
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ethnicity = Polish
citizenship = Austrian
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occupation = Naturalist
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Aleksander Zawadzki, born Józef Antoni Zawadzki, (6 May, 1798 in Bielsko, Cieszyn Silesia – 5 June, 1868 in Brno) was a Polish naturalist, author of flora and fauna list of Galicia and neighbourhood of Lwów. 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 Lwów. 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.

Works

* cite book
last=—.
title=Enumeratio plantarum Galiciae et Bucovinae. Oder die in Galizien und der Bukowina wildwachsenden Pflanzen mit genauer Angabe ihrer Standorte
year=1835
location=Breslau
publisher=Korn
language=Latin
oclc=56868672
* cite book
last=—.
title=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
year=1840
publisher=E. Schweizerbart Verlagshardlung
location=Stuttgart
language=German
oclc=61636191

Further reading

* cite web
url = http://www.przyroda.katowice.pl/documents/przyrodnicy_zawadzki.pdf
title = Zawadzki Aleksander (1798–1868). Badacz Karpat i Galicji
format = PDF
language = Polish

References

* cite web
title=Zawadzki Aleksander
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000647
accessdate=2007-11-28
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
* cite web
title=Zawadzki Aleksander
work=WIEM Encyklopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/9968,,,,zawadzki_aleksander,haslo.html
language=Polish
accessdate=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