Josef Roman Lorenz

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Who is Josef Roman Lorenz?

Josef Roman Lorenz, later ennobled as Josef Roman Lorenz Ritter von Liburnau was an Austrian naturalist. He is known for his studies in the fields of meteorology, phytogeography and agricultural sciences. He was the father of zoologist Ludwig Lorenz von Liburnau.

He studied at the University of Vienna, later working as a Mittelschulprofessor in Salzburg und Fiume. From 1861 he served as a ministry official in Vienna. In 1872 he was co-founder of the School of Agricultural Sciences in Vienna, and from 1878 to 1899 was president of the Austrian Meteorological Society.

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on July 23, 2013

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