Historical FigureMale
Franz Steindachner
1834 – 1919
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner described hundreds of new species of fish and dozens of new amphibians and reptiles. Several dozen species of animals are named after him.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 11, 1834
Vienna
Date of death
December 10, 1919
Vienna
Citizenship
Austria
Occupations & fields
zoologistichthyologistexplorerherpetologistnaturalistbotanical collector
- Field and occupation
- rakouský zoolog (1834–1919)
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