János Kriesch (29 March 183421 October 1888) was Hungarian hydrobiologist,

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

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, and corresponding member of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...

. He served as Director-General of Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden for a short time in 1868.A budapesti állatkert története
. Retrieved 2010-02-09. His zoological work has primarily focused on the inspection of

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es and furthermore was among the first Hungarian representatives of

Social Darwinism Social Darwinism refers to various theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics and politics, and which were largely defined by scholars in We ...

. One of his pupils was

Lajos Méhelÿ Lajos Méhelÿ (August 24, 1862 – February 4, 1953) was a Hungarian zoologist, herpetologist, professor, and prolific author. He is one of the greatest, but also one of the most controversial, personalities in the history of Hungarian zoology ...

. His son was

Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch (29 October 1863 – 16 June 1920) was a Hungarian Art Nouveau painter. He was born in Buda, the son of hydro-biologist and zoologist János Kriesch. He was a co-founder with Sándor Nagy of the Gödöllő Göd ...

, a famous painter and artist.

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* Firbás, Nándor: Kriesch János (1834–1888). ''Vasárnapi Újság'', 1888. No. 44. p. 723–724. * Szinnyei, József: ''Magyar írók élete és munkái VII. (Köberich–Loysch).'' Budapest: Hornyánszky. 1900. * ''Magyar életrajzi lexikon I. (A–K).'' Chief editor: Ágnes Kenyeres. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1967. p. 1018. * ''Magyar agrártörténeti életrajzok II. (I–P).'' ed.

Lajos Für Lajos Für (21 December 1930 – 22 October 2013) was a Hungarian politician and historian, who served as Minister of Defence between 1990 and 1994. From 1994 to 1996 he was also chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), the ruling cons ...

, János Pintér. Budapest: Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum. 1988. p. 300–301. * ''Új magyar életrajzi lexikon III. (H–K).'' Chief editor: László Markó. Budapest: Magyar Könyvklub. 2002. p. 1219. * ''A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia tagjai 1825–2002 II. (I–P).'' Chief editor:

Ferenc Glatz Ferenc Glatz (born 2 April 1941) is a Hungarian historian and academician. He has served three terms as the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Biography Ferenc Glatz was born in Csepel on 2 April 1941. He attended school in Csepel ...

. Budapest: MTA Társadalomkutató Központ. 2003. 748–749. o. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kriesch, Janos 1834 births 1888 deaths 19th-century Hungarian zoologists Naturalists from Austria-Hungary Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences