Imre Frivaldszky

Imre Frivaldszky
Born(1799-02-06)6 February 1799
Bacskó, Hungary (now Bačkov, Trebišov District, Slovakia)
Died19 October 1870(1870-10-19) (aged 71)
Jobbágyi, Hungary
Other namesEmerich Frivaldszky von Frivald
EducationRoyal Academy of Kassa, University of Budapest
Known forExtensive publications on plants, snakes, snails and especially insects
RelativesJános Frivaldszky (nephew)
Scientific career
FieldsBotanist and entomologist
InstitutionsHungarian National Museum
Author abbrev. (botany)Friv.
Author abbrev. (zoology)Frivaldszky

Emerich Frivaldszky von Frivald (6 February 1799 – 19 October 1870), known as Imre Frivaldszky, was a Hungarian botanist and entomologist.

Biography

Born into a family of landed gentry,[1] Frivaldszky studied at the gymnasiums in Sátoraljaújhely and Eger, then philosophy at the Royal Academy of Kassa. He graduated in medicine from the University of Budapest in 1823.

While still a student in Eger he accompanied Pál Kitaibel and Jószef Sadler on botanical excursions. By the time he graduated in medicine he was already assistant curator at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest in 1822, where he later served as curator until his retirement in 1851. In 1824 he abandoned the practice of medicine and spent the rest of his life as a botanist and zoologist. He made many collecting trips throughout Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Italy.[2] Frivaldszky issued and distributed the exsiccata-like series Species plantarum exsiccatarum europaea-turcicarum.[3]

Frivaldszky wrote extensively on plants, snakes, snails and especially insects (Lepidoptera and Coleoptera).[4] A large part of his huge entomological collection was destroyed in a flood in 1838, the rest in 1956 during the anticommunist revolution. Many of his specimens are in the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa. His nephew János Frivaldszky also became an entomologist and curator at the Hungarian National Museum.

The standard author abbreviation Friv. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Notes

  • This article includes material from the Slovak and Hungarian Wikipedia.

References

  1. ^ "KEZDŐLAP | Drupal". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  2. ^ "Österreichische botanische Zeitschrift". Wien; New York : Springer-Verlag – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Species plantarum exsiccatarum europaea-turcicarum: IndExs ExsiccataID=1328331903". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Friv.