August Kanitz (25 April 1843, in
Lugos – 12 July 1896, in
Kolozsvár) was a
Hungarian botanist
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.
While a student at the
University of Vienna
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he wrote ''Geschichte der Botanik in Ungarn'' (Hanover and Budapest, 1863), and soon after, ''Versuch einer Geschichte der Ungarischen Botanik'' (Halle, 1865). In 1866 he published a work on the flora of
Slavonia
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, in 1877 he published a work on the flora of
Montenegro
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,
Bosnia
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, and
Serbia
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and in 1879 one on that of
Romania
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. For the last-named work he was elected (1880) a member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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, and was made Knight of the
Order of the Crown of Romania. He converted to
Christianity
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.
In 1872 Kanitz was appointed professor of botany at the
Franz Joseph University. In 1877 he founded the ''Magyar Növénytani Lapok'' (''
Hungarian Journal of Botany''), which he edited until 1892.
See also
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Josif Pančić
Josif Pančić ( sr-cyr, Јосиф Панчић; April 17, 1814 – February 25, 1888) was a Serbian botanist, a doctor of medicine, a lecturer at the Great School (the future University of Belgrade), and the first president of the Serbian Roya ...
*
Sava Petrović
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Nedeljko Košanin
References
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1843 births
1896 deaths
Botanists from Austria-Hungary
Botanists active in Europe
Botanical writers
Horticulturists
University of Vienna alumni
Academic staff of Franz Joseph University
Writers from Austria-Hungary
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
People from Lugoj
Academic journal editors
Knights of the Order of the Crown (Romania)