Franz Friedrich Fronius

Franz Friedrich Fronius (9 January 1829 - 14 February 1886) was a Transylvanian-Saxon botanist, ethnologist, and Lutheran cleric from Schäßburg.[1][2]

For other uses, see Fronius.
Title Page of Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart (1857)

Fronius was born on 9 January 1829, in Nadesch (now Nadeş).[3] He authored over thirty books, including, Flora von Schäßburg, ein Beitrag zur Flora von Siebenbürgen (English: Flora of Schäßburg, a Contribution to the Flora of Siebenbürgen),[4] and Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart: Mittheilungen[5] (English: "Releases: Transylvania, from Antiquity to Present").[6] He also co-authored many other works.

Fronius died on 14 February 1886, in Agnetheln (now Agnita).[3]

References
  1. Myss Walter, ed. (1993). Encyclopaedia of the Transylvanian Saxons, Word and World. p. 135.
  2. Georg Daniel Teutsch, Friedrich Franz Denkrede (1887). "On Fronius". Archives of the Transylvanian Society of Geography. 21: 5–27.
  3. Fronius Franz Friedrich In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL)
  4. Dr. Erika Schneider (June 2008). "150 years since the publication of "Flora of Sighisoara" FF Fronius". Sighisoara News. pp. 29–30.
  5. Joseph Szinnyei (2000). The life and works of English writers. Budapest: Arcanum. ISBN 963-86029-9-6.
  6. Franz Friedrich Fronius (1857). Aus Siebenbürgens Vorzeit und Gegenwart: Mittheilungen. Hermannstadt: Theodor Steinhaußen. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  7. International Plant Names Index.  Fronius.


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