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Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist.
He was ordained as a priest in Franz Paula von Schrank
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Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia
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Digitised Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte
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Digitised Enumeratio insectorum Austriae indigenorum *
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Digitised Sammlung naturhistorischer und physikalischer Aufsäze, hrsg. von Franz von Paula Schrank.
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Digitised Naturhistorische Briefe über Oestreich, Salzburg, Passau und Berchtesgaden, von Franz von Paula Schrank und Karl Ehrenbert Ritter von Moll. 1747 births 1835 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations Bryologists 18th-century German botanists German entomologists German mycologists German phycologists Pteridologists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich faculty People from Passau (district) Catholic clergy scientists University of Ingolstadt faculty 19th-century German botanists {{Mycologist-stub
Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist.
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in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology
Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing th ...
two years later. In 1786 he was named chair of mathematics and physics at the lyceum in Amberg, and in 1784 became a professor of botany and zoology at the University of Ingolstadt
The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 by Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria, Louis the Rich, the Duke of Bavaria at the time, and its first Chancellor was the Bishop of Eichstätt. It consisted of five faculties: humanities, sciences, theology ...
(later removed to Landshut).at Catholic Encyclopedia Schrank was the first director of the botanical gardens in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
from 1809 to 1832.
Schrank was the first author to use the genus
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name ''Triops
''Triops'' is a genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). The long-lasting resting eggs of several species of ''Triops'' are commonly sold in kits as a pet. The animals hatch upon contact with fresh water. Most adult-st ...
'', which he used in his work on the fauna of Bavaria
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in 1803.
Works
* ''Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte'' (Augsburg, 1776) * ''Vorlesungen über die Art die Naturgeschichte zu studieren'' (Ratisbohn, 1780) * ''Enumeratio insectorum Austriæ indigenorum'' (Wien, 1781) * ''Anleitung die Naturgeschichte zu studieren'' (München, 1783) * ''Naturhistorische Briefe über Österreich, Salzburg, Passau und Berchtesgaden'' with Karl Maria Erenbert Freiherr von Moll, Salzburg, 1784–1785) * ''Anfangsgründe der Botanik'' (München, 1785) * ''Baiersche Reise …'' (1786) * ''Verzeichnis der bisher hinlänglich bekannten Eingeweidewürmer, nebst einer Abhandlungen über ihre Anverwandschaften'' (München, 1787) * ''Bayerische Flora'' (München, 1789) * ''Primitiæ floræ salisburgensis, cum dissertatione prævia de discrimine plantarum ab animalibus'' (Frankfurt, 1792) * ''Abhandlungen einer Privatgesellschaft vom Naturforschern und Ökonomen in Oberteutschland'' (München, 1792) * ''Anfangsgründe der Bergwerkskunde'' (Ingolstadt, 1793) * ''Reise nach den südlichen Gebirgen von Bayern, in Hinsicht auf botanische und ökonomische Gegenstände'' (München, 1793) * ''Fauna Boica'' Vol 3 (Nürnberg, 1803) * ''Flora monacensis'' (München, 1811–1820) * ''Plantæ rariores horti academici Monacensis descriptæ et iconibus illustratæ'' (1819) * ''Sammlung von Zierpflanzen'' (1819) * Entomologische Beobachtungen '' Naturforscher'' Stück 24, 60–90. (1789) *''Enumeratio insectorum Austriae indigenorum Francisci de Paula Schrank''. Augustae Vindelicorum : Klett et Franck, 1781. 548 pp. (1781) (checklist) *''Sammlung naturhistorischer und physikalischer Aufsäze,hrsg. von Franz von Paula Schrank''. Nürnberg, Raspe, 1796.xvi, 456 p. 7 plates (part fold.online
See also
* :Taxa named by Franz von Paula Schrank * List of Roman Catholic scientist-clericsReferences
External links
Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia
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Digitised Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte
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Digitised Enumeratio insectorum Austriae indigenorum *
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Digitised Sammlung naturhistorischer und physikalischer Aufsäze, hrsg. von Franz von Paula Schrank.
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Digitised Naturhistorische Briefe über Oestreich, Salzburg, Passau und Berchtesgaden, von Franz von Paula Schrank und Karl Ehrenbert Ritter von Moll. 1747 births 1835 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations Bryologists 18th-century German botanists German entomologists German mycologists German phycologists Pteridologists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich faculty People from Passau (district) Catholic clergy scientists University of Ingolstadt faculty 19th-century German botanists {{Mycologist-stub