August Kanitz (25 April 1843, in

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– 12 July 1896, in

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) was a Hungarian

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. While a student at the

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he wrote ''Geschichte der Botanik in Ungarn'' (Hanover and Budapest, 1863), and soon after, ''Versuch einer Geschichte der Ungarischen Botanik'' (Halle, 1865). In 1866 he published a work on the flora of

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, in 1877 he published a work on the flora of

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, and

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and in 1879 one on that of

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. For the last-named work he was elected (1880) a member of the

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, and was made Knight of the Order of the Crown of Romania. He converted to

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. In 1872 Kanitz was appointed professor of botany at the

Franz Joseph University Royal Hungarian Franz Joseph University ( hu, Magyar Királyi Ferenc József Tudományegyetem) was the second modern university in the Hungarian realm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Founded in 1872, its seat was initially in Kolozsvár (Clu ...

. In 1877 he founded the ''Magyar Növénytani Lapok'' ('' Hungarian Journal of Botany''), which he edited until 1892.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanitz, August 1843 births 1896 deaths 19th-century Hungarian botanists Botanists active in Europe Botanical writers Horticulturists University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of Franz Joseph University Writers from Austria-Hungary Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences People from Lugoj Academic journal editors Knights of the Order of the Crown (Romania)