Leopold Adametz (11 October 1861,
Feldsberg
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– 27 January 1941,
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) was an
Austrian zoologist
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...
. The son of a manufacturer, he studied at the Hochschule für Bodenkultur in
Vienna
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and at the
University of Leipzig
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. In 1886, he was awarded his doctorate.
He became an assistant of Martin Wickens and in 1888 an assistant professor of zoology. From 1891 he was a professor in
Krakau
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, from 1898 until 1932 he was the professor of animal product studies and the morphology of house pets at the Hochschule für Bodenkultur in Wien. He was a member of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Literary works
* ''Allgemeine Tierzucht'', 1926
References
External links
Aeiou.at
at portalwiedzy.onet.pl
Oeaw.ac.at
1861 births
1941 deaths
People from Valtice
19th-century Austrian zoologists
Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Academic staff of Jagiellonian University
Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
20th-century Austrian zoologists
Zoologists from Austria-Hungary
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