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

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, and corresponding member of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...

. 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

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. One of his pupils was

Lajos Méhelÿ Lajos Méhelÿ (August 24, 1862 – February 4, 1953) was a Hungarian zoologist, herpetologist, professor, and author. He remains controversial due to his Social Darwinist and racialist publications. He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sc ...

. 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 Buda (, ) is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the western bank of the Danube. Histori ...

, 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 con ...

, 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 Csepe ...

. 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