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Alexander von Frantzius (10 June 1821, in Danzig – 18 July 1877) was a German physician and natural history, naturalist.
He studied medicine at the universities of University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, University of Halle, Halle and University of Berlin, Berlin, where in 1846, he obtained his doctorate.ADB:Frantzius, Alexander von
@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie In 1853, with fellow naturalist, Karl Hoffmann (naturalist), Karl Hoffmann, he journeyed to Costa Rica, where he would spend the next 15 years conducting geographical, climatological, ethnographical and zoological research.JSTOR Global Plants
biography Many of the zoological specimens he collected were sent to Jean Cabanis at the Museum Island, Berlin Museum. After arriving in Costa Rica, he settled in Alajuela (1854), later setting up a successful pharmacy in San José, Costa Rica, San José, an institution that eventually became known as the ''Botica Francesa''. Here he employed José Castulo Zeledón as an assistant. He returned to Germany in 1868, settling in Heidelberg, from where he served as secretary of the ''Gesellschaft für Anthropologie'' (German Anthropological Society). In July 1877, he died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg from lung disease. He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the prong-billed barbet ''Semnornis frantzii'', the fiery-billed aracari ''Pteroglossus frantzii'', the mountain elaenia ''Elaenia frantzii'' and the ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush ''Catharus frantzii''. The botanical genus ''Frantzia'' (Cucurbitaceae) was named in his honor by Henri Pittier.
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Aristoteles' Vier Bücher ueber die Theile der Thiere Griechisch und Deutsch und mit sacherklärenden Anmerkungen
Alexander von Frantzius (10 June 1821, in Danzig – 18 July 1877) was a German physician and natural history, naturalist.
He studied medicine at the universities of University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, University of Halle, Halle and University of Berlin, Berlin, where in 1846, he obtained his doctorate.ADB:Frantzius, Alexander von@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie In 1853, with fellow naturalist, Karl Hoffmann (naturalist), Karl Hoffmann, he journeyed to Costa Rica, where he would spend the next 15 years conducting geographical, climatological, ethnographical and zoological research.JSTOR Global Plants
biography Many of the zoological specimens he collected were sent to Jean Cabanis at the Museum Island, Berlin Museum. After arriving in Costa Rica, he settled in Alajuela (1854), later setting up a successful pharmacy in San José, Costa Rica, San José, an institution that eventually became known as the ''Botica Francesa''. Here he employed José Castulo Zeledón as an assistant. He returned to Germany in 1868, settling in Heidelberg, from where he served as secretary of the ''Gesellschaft für Anthropologie'' (German Anthropological Society). In July 1877, he died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg from lung disease. He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the prong-billed barbet ''Semnornis frantzii'', the fiery-billed aracari ''Pteroglossus frantzii'', the mountain elaenia ''Elaenia frantzii'' and the ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush ''Catharus frantzii''. The botanical genus ''Frantzia'' (Cucurbitaceae) was named in his honor by Henri Pittier.
Bibliography
* ''Aristoteles' Vier Bücher ueber die Theile der Thiere: Griechisch und Deutsch und mit sacherklärenden Anmerkungen'', Leipzig: W. Engelmann,1853.Aristoteles' Vier Bücher ueber die Theile der Thiere Griechisch und Deutsch und mit sacherklärenden Anmerkungen
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1821 births 1877 deaths 19th-century German physicians Prussian physicians People from the Province of Prussia Health in Costa Rica Naturalists from the Kingdom of Prussia 19th-century German naturalists Expatriates in Costa Rica {{Germany-med-bio-stub