Josef Franz Freyn (7 December 1845,

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– 16 January 1903, Prague-

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) was an Austrian civil engineer and

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. He was the son of the Austrian forester Josef Freyn from Obecnic. In 1856-1862 he attended the ''Oberrealschule'' in Prague. After that, he studied at the technical Polytechnic (''technische Hochschule'') in Prague, but interrupted his study for a placement in forestry. In 1865-1867 he studied engineering at the technical Polytechnic (''technische Hochschule'') in

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. Afterwards he was employed in the construction of railways in

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and later worked in

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(1874–1878), and in the meantime conducted investigations of regional flora. In 1878 he relocated to

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, later returning to Prague (1881), where he owned a construction company.Archive.org
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/ref> As a botanist Freyn was self-taught — he reportedly never attended a formal lecture on botany. In addition to research of Hungarian and Istrian flora, he processed botanical collections from the

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et al. As a botanical collector he collaborated with Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller,

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. and J. J. Manissadijan Freyn is remembered for his specialized studies of individual plant species, especially those within the genera ''

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'' and ''

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''. An obituary was published by Eduard Hackel.

Selected publications

* ''Die Flora von Süd-Istrien'', 1878 - Flora of southern Istria. * ''Beitrag zur Flora von Bosnien und der angrenzenden Hercegovina''. 1888 - Contributions involving the flora of

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and in particular

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. * ''Zur Kenntniss einiger Arten der Gattung Ranunculus'', 1881 - Treatise on species of the genus

. * ''Ueber neue und bemerkenswerthe orientalische Pflanzenarten, 3'', Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 6(11), 1898 - On new and remarkable Oriental plant species. * "Plantae ex Asia media (Fragmentum): Enumeratio plantarum in Turania a Cl. Sintensis ann. 1900-1901 lectarum, additis quibusdam in regione Caspica, Transcaspica, Turkestanica, praesertim in Altiplanite Pamir a cl. Ove Paulsen ann. 1898-1899 aliisque in Turkestania a V. F. Brotherus ann. 1896 lectis"; publisher: Genève : Imprimerie Romet, (1906).WorldCat Search
(publications) * Plantae novae Orientales. Österreichische botanische Zeitschrift 1894, 324-327.

References

External links

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List of plants described and co-described by Freyn. {{DEFAULTSORT:Freyn, Josef Franz 19th-century Austrian botanists Austrian civil engineers Czech Technical University in Prague alumni TU Wien alumni 1845 births 1903 deaths Scientists from Prague 19th-century Austrian scientists