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Constantin N. Hurmuzachi
Constantin Nicolae Hurmuzachi (October 3, 1863–February 22, 1937) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian biologist. Born in Chernivtsi, Cernăuți to Natalia and Nicolae Hurmuzachi, he joined the Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna while still a schoolboy. He graduated high school in his native city in 1881. After studying at the philosophy faculty of Chernivtsi University, Czernowitz University for a year, he transferred to the law faculty, studying there from 1882 to 1885. He left for the University of Vienna that year, taking a law degree in 1886. In 1888, he was hired by the finance office in Cernăuți. He sat in the Diet of Bukovina from 1910 to 1914. He left for Vienna in 1914, working at the Botanical Institute and the Zoological Society, researching fauna. In 1918, he was elected to the National Romanian Council of Bukovina. In 1919, he was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy. In 1925, he returned to his native province, by now p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consisted of two sovereign states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the King of Hungary. Austria-Hungary constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg monarchy: it was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War, following wars of independence by Hungary in opposition to Habsburg rule. It was dissolved shortly after Dissolution of Austria-Hungary#Dissolution, Hungary terminated the union with Austria in 1918 at the end of World War 1. One of Europe's major powers, Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe (after Russian Empire, Russia) and the third-most populous (afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
