Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Czech botanist, geologist, paleontologist and nobleman
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Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic
About Kaspar Maria von Sternberg
- Count Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (also: Caspar Maria, Count Sternberg, German: Kaspar Maria Graf Sternberg, Czech: hrabe Kašpar Maria Šternberk), 1761, Prague – 1838, Brezina Castle, was a Bohemian theologian, mineralogist, geognost, entomologist and botanist.
- He is known as the "Father of Paleobotany"..
- His parents were Count Johann Nepomuk von Sternberg and Countess Anna Josefa Kolowrat-Krakowsky. He established the Bohemian National Museum in Prague — his collection of minerals, fossils and plant specimens formed the core collection of the museum, and he is deemed to be the founder of modern paleobotany.
- As of 1820 he was on friendly terms with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Originally a student of theology, he attended the Collegium anglicum in Rome, from where he obtained a lower ordination.
- Inspired by the newly founded Regensburg Botanical Society (1790), he became an avid naturalist, subsequently becoming a prominent member of the society, making contributions to its Botanisches Taschenbuch and also establishing a botanical garden in Regensburg.
- In 1805, during an extended stay in Paris, he met with Alexander von Humboldt and came under the influence of a number of French paleontologists and botanists.
- Afterwards, he relocated to an estate in Radnice, Bohemia.
- Here, he created a botanical garden, and conducted important paleobotanical research at recently opened coal mines located in the surrounding areas.The botanical genus Sternbergia is named in his honor.
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| Alternative names | Sandor Clarot; alexander clarot; A. Clarot | ||
| Description | Austrian painter and miniaturist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 17 March 1796 | 16 July 1842 | |
| Location of birth/death | Vienna | Vienna | |
| Work period | between circa 1820 and circa 1842 | ||
| Work location | Austria, Hungary | ||
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