Viktor von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen
Viktor von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen is a Austrian ornithologist , born the December 28th 1847 with Smichow close to Prague and dead the March 3rd 1924 with Tännenhof close to Hallein.
Impassioned very early by the Natural history, he studies with Vienna and starts to specialize in Ornithologie. In 1867, he becomes member of the Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft (DOG) and a few years later, in 1871, he leaves to be established in the Tyrol. It specializes on the Avifaune Paléarctique.
Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen exerts a great influence on the development of ornithology in Austria-Hungary. It receives, in 1921, a title of honorary doctor of the Université of Innsbruck. He is the author of 700 publications. Its collection of 9.000 skins of birds is mainly preserved at the Muséum of Vienna, the remainder is preserved at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München of Munich and at the ornithological institute of Salsbourg.
Source
- Biography of the university of Graz
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