August von Hayek (1871–1928) 1927 © Georg Fayer (1892–1950)

August von Hayek (14 December 1871 – 11 June 1928) was an

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physician and botanist born in

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. He was the son of naturalist Gustav von Hayek and the father of economist

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(1899–1992). In 1895 he obtained his medical doctorate from the

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. Soon, he was employed by the municipal ministry of health. He obtained his PhD in 1905. Beginning in 1922, he taught classes at the '' Hochschule für Bodenkultur'' in Vienna, and from 1926, he was an associate professor at the university. He died in 1928 in Vienna. He is remembered for phytogeographical investigations that took place within the

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, in particular, Styria and the

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. He also conducted detailed studies on the historical development of flora found along the eastern and southeastern edge of the

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. In the field of

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, he specialized in ''

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'' species native to Austria-Hungary. He was married to Felicitas von Juraschek.

Principal works

* ''Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Balkanicae'', (Prodomus of Balkan peninsula flora). * ''Flora der Steiermark'', (Flora of Styria). * ''Schedae ad Florum stiriacum exsiccatum'', 1904–1912. * ''Die Pflanzendecke Österreich-Ungarns'', Volume 1, (Vegetation of Austria-Hungary), 1916. * ''Allgemeine Pflanzengeographie'', (General phytogeography), 1926.

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* * 20th-century Austrian botanists Academics of the University of Vienna Scientists from Vienna Austrian people of Moravian-German descent 1871 births 1928 deaths 20th-century Austrian physicians {{Austria-botanist-stub