Karl Maria E(h)renbert Freiherr von Moll (21 December 1760, in

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– 1 February 1838, in

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) was an

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naturalist and

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. From 1790 to 1804 he served as chancellor of the exchequer for

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, afterwards residing in

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and

, where he devoted his energies to natural history. In 1807 he became a member of the ''Academie der Wissenschaften'' in Munich, where up until 1827, he served as secretary in the class of

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and

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biography During his career he amassed a library of 80,000 books, including many rare volumes on natural history. He also owned a diverse collection of

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specimens, a significant

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in which

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was well represented, and an impressive mineral collection, of which, a portion was bought by the British Museum. The

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genus ''Mollia'' ( Schrank ex Lindb, 1878) from the family Pottiaceae is named after him. Also in 1826, botanist

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published ''

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'', a genus of

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s from South America, belonging to the family

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and also named in honour of Karl von Moll. Salzburg Alte Universität Tafel Carl Ehrenbert von Moll

Works

*With

Franz Paula von Schrank 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 Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years later. In 1786 he was named ch ...

: ''Naturhistorischen Briefe über Oesterreich, Salzburg, Passau und Berchtesgaden'', 2 Bde 1785. *''Oberdeutsche Beiträge zur Naturlehre und Oeconomie für das Jahr'' 1787 (Hsg.) *With Antonio Canestrini: ''Historia de utero duplici, alterutro quarto graviditatis mense rupto'' 1788 (Hsg.) *''Fortgesetzte Müllenkampfsche Sammlung der Forstordnungen verschiedener Länder'', 1796 (Hsg). *''Des Freiherrn K.E. von Moll Mittheilungen aus seinem Briefwechsel als Prodromus seiner Selbstbiographie'', (1829–1835).

References

*Hoffmann,Robert 2004 ''Wissenstransfer durch Netzwerkbildung. Karl Erenbert von Moll und die Anfänge der wissenschaftlichen Landeskunde in Salzburg. in: Martin Scheutz/Wolfgang Schmale/Dana Štefanová (Hg.), Orte des Wissens''. Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts. 2004, Bd. 18/19, Bochum 2004, 135 - 151. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moll, Karl von Austrian naturalists Austrian entomologists Barons of Austria 1760 births 1838 deaths