Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers

Austro-Hungarian scientist

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1775

Place of Birth: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 21-May-1852

Profession: zoologist, botanist, mineralogist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (15 August 1775 – 21 May 1852) was an Austrian naturalist who was a native of Pressburg, Hungary, Habsburg Empire (today Bratislava, Slovakia). In 1847, an uncommon iron-nickel-phosphide ((Fe,Ni)3P) mineral was named in his honor by Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1775–1871).
The mineral is found in meteorites, and is known today as schreibersite.
As a zoologist, he was the first to perform a comprehensive anatomical study of the olm, a cave-dwelling, aquatic amphibian.
The plant genus Schreibersia (synonym Augusta, family Rubiaceae) was named in his honor by Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl.