Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel
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1852 – 1920
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Who was Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel?
Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel was an Austrian bryologist, mycologist, and algologist, brother of explorer Ludwig von Höhnel. He obtained his PhD in Strasbourg in 1877, and was a professor of botany in the Vienna University of Technology from 1884 to 1920. Höhnel described roughly 250 new genera and 500 species of fungi, and was known for his contributions to the taxonomy of the Coelomycetes. He died in Vienna on November 11, 1920.
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- Born
- 1852
Sombor - Education
- Vienna University of Technology
- Died
- Nov 11, 1920
Vienna
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on July 23, 2013
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