Franz Antoine
Deceased Person
1815 – 1886
Who was Franz Antoine?
Franz Antoine was an Austrian horticulturalist and gardener who was a native of Vienna.
From 1865 he was director of royal gardens to the Austrian/Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He was an authority on the botanical family Bromeliaceae, and was also an avid photographer. His photographs of still lifes, plants and scenes of Vienna were presented at exhibitions in Vienna and Paris. Among his written works were the following:
Die Coniferen,.
Der Wintergarten der K.K. Hofburg zu Wien,.
Coniferen des Cilicischen Taurus, – with Theodor Kotschy,.
Phyto-Iconography der Bromeliaceen,.
His father Franz Antoine, was also a gardener to Austrian royalty.
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- Born
- Feb 23, 1815
Vienna - Nationality
- Austria
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Mar 11, 1886
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on July 23, 2013
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