Franz Xaver Fieber

Botanist, Deceased Person

1807 – 1872

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Who was Franz Xaver Fieber?

Franz Xaver Fieber was a German botanist and entomologist.

He was the son of Franz Anton Fieber and Maria Anna née Hantsehl. He studied economics, management science and modern languages at the Czech Technical University in Prague from 1824 to 1828. He began work in finance before becoming a magistrate in Chrudim in Bohemia.

Fieber was a Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. He was the author of "Synopsis der europäischen Orthopteren", Die europäischen Hemiptera, and numerous other publications on insects. He worked notably on insect wings. As well as Hemiptera, he studied Orthoptera.

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Born
Mar 1, 1807
Prague
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Czech Technical University in Prague
Lived in
  • Prague
Died
Feb 22, 1872

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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