Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld
Austrian scientist
Died when: 66 years 127 days (796 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld (3 June 1807, Vienna – 8 October 1873) was an Austrian naturalist and one of the leading scientists on board the Austrian frigate Novara during its round-the-world voyage.
He was heavily involved in the development of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was a curator.Frauenfeld worked on all insect orders, but mostly on the Diptera.
In 1851 he founded, in Vienna, the Zoologisch-Botanische Verein (Zoological and Botanical Society).He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1869.
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