Josef Aloys Frölich or Alois von Frölich (10 March 1766,
Marktoberdorf
Marktoberdorf () is the capital of the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia.
Marktoberdorf is near the town of Kempten, Füssen, known for the castle Neuschwanstein, Bad Wörishofen, and Schongau. The nearest larg ...
– 11 March 1841) was a German
doctor
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* Physician, a medical practitioner
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,
botanist
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and
entomologist
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. He is not to be confused with
Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich
Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich (26 November 1805 – 1878) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Frölichwas born in Ellwangen in 1805. His father, Josef Aloys Frölich, was also an entomologist but specialising in Coleopt ...
(1805–1878), his son, also an entomologist but specialising in
Lepidoptera
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.
In the field of botany he described many species within the genus ''
Hieracium
''Hieracium'' (),
known by the common name hawkweed and classically as (from ancient Greek ἱέραξ, 'hawk'),
is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion (''Taraxacum''), chicory (''Cichorium''), ...
''. The genus ''
Froelichia'' (family
Amaranthaceae
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) is named in his honor.
Flora of North America
Froelichia Moench, Methodus. 50. 1794.
Works
* ''De Gentiana libellus sistens specierum cognitarum descriptiones cum observationibus. Accedit tabula aenea'' Erlangen: Walther, 1796 itel auch: ''De Gentiana'', Erlangen: Kunstmann; ''De gentiana dissertatio''; ''Dissertatio inauguralis de Gentiana'' zugleich: Erlangen, Med. Diss., January 1796
* ''Beschreibungen einiger neuer Eingeweidewürmer'', in: Der Naturforscher, 24, S. 101–162, Halle, 1789
* ''Bemerkungen über einige seltene Käfer aus der Insektensammlung des Herrn Hofr. und Prof. Rudolph in Erlangen'', in: ''Der Naturforscher
''Der Naturforscher'' ( "The Naturalist") was a German scientific publication of the Enlightenment devoted to natural history. It was published yearly from 1774 to 1804, by J. J. Gebauers Witwe and Joh. Jac. Gebauer at Halle and edited first ...
'', 26, S. 68–165, Halle, 1792.
See also
* :Taxa named by Josef Aloys Frölich
References
* H. Wolf: ''Josef Aloys Frölich (1766-1841) und die Flora von Ostwürttemberg'', in: ''Restaurierung und Katalogisierung des Herbariums Leiner in Konstanz'' (Berichte der Botanischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Südwestdeutschland, Beiheft 1), S. 81–148, Karlsruhe, 2004. ISSN 1617-5506
* W. Lippert: ''Josef Aloys Frölich und die Flora des Allgäus'', in: ''Restaurierung und Katalogisierung des Herbariums Leiner in Konstanz'' (Berichte der Botanischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Südwestdeutschland, Beiheft 1), S. 149–159, Karlsruhe, 2004. ISSN 1617-5506
* Karl Otto Müller: ''Alois Frölich: Arzt und Naturforscher 1766 - 1841'', in: Schwäbische Lebensbilder, Bd. 1, S. 203–207, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1940
* Neue Deutsche Biographie
(''NDB''; Literal translation, literally ''New German Biography'') is a Biography, biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 27 volumes published thus far co ...
, Bd. 4, S. 360 und Bd. 5, S. 77
German page
well illustrated
*
External links
Einträge im International Plant Name Index für Alois Frölich
Well illustrated.
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German entomologists
1766 births
1841 deaths
19th-century German botanists
People from Ostallgäu
18th-century German botanists
18th-century German physicians