Karl Linsbauer (11 October 1872,

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

– 5 December 1934,

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) was an Austrian

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and

plant physiologist Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Plant physiologists study fundamental processes of plants, such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition, plant hormone functions, tropi ...

. He studied

natural science Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

s at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

, where he was a disciple of

Julius Wiesner Julius Ritter von Wiesner (20 January 1838 – 9 October 1916) was a professor of botany at the University of Vienna, a pioneer of experimental botany and a specialist in the physiology and anatomy of plants. He was awarded hereditary knighth ...

. In 1899 he earned his PhD, obtaining his habilitation several years later in the fields of

plant anatomy Plant anatomy or phytotomy is the general term for the study of the internal Anatomy, structure of plants. Originally, it included plant morphology, the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, but since the mid-20th centu ...

and

physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

(1904). In 1910 he became an associate professor at the University of Czernowitz, relocating the following year to the

University of Graz The University of Graz (, formerly: ''Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz'') is a public university, public research university located in Graz, Austria. It is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-old ...

as a successor to Gottlieb Haberlandt.

Selected works

* ''Bau und Leben der Pflanzen : in zwölf gemeinverständliche Vorträge'' (with

Friedrich Karl Max Vierhapper Friedrich Karl Max Vierhapper (7 March 1876 in Weidenau – 11 July 1932) was an Austrian plant collector, botanist and professor of botany at the University of Vienna. He was the son of amateur botanist Friedrich Vierhapper (1844–1903), botanica ...

) Verlag von Carl Konegen, Vienna, (1905) - Construction and biology of plants; in twelve easy-to-understand presentations. * ''Wiesner-Festschrift'' (edited by Linsbauer) Vienna : C. Konegen, (1908) - Julius Wiesner

Festschrift In academia, a ''Festschrift'' (; plural, ''Festschriften'' ) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime. It generally takes the form of an edited volume, containing contributions from the h ...

on behalf of the "Festkomitee". * ''Illustriertes Handwörterbuch der Botanik'' (with

Camillo Karl Schneider Camillo Karl Schneider (7 April 1876 – 5 January 1951) was a German botanist and landscape architect. A farmer's son, he was born at Wermsdorf, Gröppendorf, in the Kingdom of Saxony, and worked as a gardener at Zeitz, Dresden, Berlin and Greifs ...

)

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

, W. Engelmann (1917) - Illustrated dictionary of botany. * ''Handbuch der pflanzenanatomie'' (as editor),

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

: Verlag von gebruder Borntraeger, (1922- ) - Handbook of plant anatomy.WorldCat Search
(publications)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linsbauer, Karl 1872 births 1934 deaths Scientists from Vienna University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of the University of Graz 20th-century Austrian botanists Plant physiologists Academic staff of Chernivtsi University Botanists from Austria-Hungary