Anton Eleutherius Sauter (18 April 1800 in

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– 1881 in

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) was an

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physician and

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. From 1820 to 1826 he studied medicine at the

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, where one of his instructors was

Joseph Franz von Jacquin Joseph "Krystel" Franz Freiherr von Jacquin or Baron Joseph von Jacquin (7 February 1766, in Schemnitz (now Banská Štiavnica) – 26 October 1839, in Vienna) was an Austrian scientist who studied medicine, chemistry, zoology and botany. ...

. After graduation, he worked as a physician at several locations in Austria. In 1840 he settled as a physician in

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, then from 1848 to 1871, served as a regional and district doctor in Salzburg.Sauter, Anton Eleutherius
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. From 1866 to 1879 he published in seven volumes, "''Flora des Herzogthums Salzburg''" (Flora of the

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}. In 1860 he was co-founder of the ''Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde'' (board member, 1864–74). Numerous taxa with the specific epithet of ''sauteri'' are named after him, an example being ''Draba sauteri''.

Works

* ''Versuch einer Geographisch-Botanischen Schilderung der Umgebung Wiens'' (1826), gedruckt bei Anton v. Haykul. * ''Flora des Herzogthums Salzburg'' (1866–1879) Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde, Nr. 6 und folgende, veröffentlicht in 7 Teilen. * ''Die Kryptogramische Flora der Nordseite unserer Alpen'' - verfasst in drei Teilen (Laubmoose, Lebermoose, Flechten) veröffentlicht im Botanischen Zentralblatt (1846).

References

19th-century Austrian botanists University of Vienna alumni People from St. Johann im Pongau District 1800 births 1881 deaths {{botanist-stub