Dionýz Štúr
Dionýz Štúr | |
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 Dionýz Štúr Slovak | |
| Born | 2 April 1827 |
| Died | 26 April 1893 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Slovakian |
| Education | Vienna Polytechnic |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Ľudovít Štúr |
| Awards | Cothenius Medal in 1890, Albert Order (Knight's Cross 1st Class), Order of Leopold II (Knight's Cross, 1892) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Paleontology and Botany |
Dionysus Rudolphus Josephus (Dionýz Štúr) (2 April 1827 – 9 October 1893) was a Slovak geologist and paleontologist[1] who worked as the director of the Reich Geological Institute in Vienna. He dealt with geological mapping and phytopaleontology[a] of Austria, Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. Štúr's research played a decisive role in the fundamental systematic geological exploration of the Alps, especially the Tauern.[2]
Life
[edit]Štúr was born on 2 April 1827 in Beckov into a family of teachers. His father was Jozef Štúr, who taught him in primary school and his mother was Jana (Johanka) née Riznerová.[3] His remote family included the politician and revolutionary Ľudovít Štúr, who was his second cousin.[4] Štúr had three older siblings. Two died in infancy, Karol Štúr and Ľudovít Jozef Štúr. The third sibling was Karolína Štúrová.
Education
[edit]Štúr undertook his secondary education at a grammar school in Modra, when his family moved there when he was 12. He then attended the Protestant Lyceum in Bratislava, for a period.[2] In 1844, he matriculated at the Vienna Polytechnic where he studied mathematics and natural sciences.[2]
He was particularly influenced by the work of the Austrian geologists Wilhelm von Haidinger and Franz Ritter von Hauer that led him in 1846 to begin studying geology, mineralogy and geognosy[b] at the mineral collection of the court chamber of the coin and mining industry in Vienna (Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hofkammer im Münz- und Bergwesen). The experience led him to receive a scholarship in 1847 to study at the Minining Academy in Banská Štiavnica.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1849, Reich Geological Institute in Vienna was established with von Haidinger leading it.[1] In 1850, Štúr became assistant geologist to von Haidinger, when he finished his studies.[1]
Publications
[edit]The following is Štúr's most important papers:
- Štúr, Dionýz (1860). "Bericht über die geologische Übersichtsaufnahme des Wassergebietes der Waag und Neutra" [Report on general geological mapping in Váh and Nitra catchment area.]. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Reichsanstalt (in Slovak). 9: 17–151.
- Štúr, Dionýz (1867). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flora der Süsswasserquarze der Congerien- und Cerithien-Schichten im Wiener und Ungarischen Becken" [Contributions to the knowledge of the flora of freshwater quartz of the Congerian and Cerithian layers in the Vienna and Hungarian Basins]. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 17 (1): 77–188.
- Štúr, Dionýz (1860). "Bericht über die geologische Aufnahme im oberen Waag- und Gran-Thale" [Report on the geological survey in the upper Waag and Gran valleys] (PDF). Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 18: 337–425.
- Štúr, Dionýz (1869). "Bericht über die geologische Aufnahme der Umgebung von. Schmöllnitz und Göllnitz" [Report on the geological survey of the surroundings of Schmöllnitz and Göllnitz.] (PDF). Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt (in German). 14. Vienna: 15.
Notes
[edit]- ^ The study of ancient plants and plant fossils. Later known as Paleobotany.
- ^ A term in use at the time that was coined by Abraham Gottlob Werner that meant "knowledge of the Earth". It defined a science based on the recognition of the order, position, and relation of the layers forming the Earth before the theory of Continental drift became accepted.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Nagy, Alexander. "Dionýz Štúr" [Dionyz Štúr State Geological Institute]. Štátny geologický ústav Dionýza Štúra (in Slovak). Bratislava. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ a b c Hofmann, Th. (2012). "Stur (Štúr), Dionys (Dionýz) (1827–1893)" [Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950] (PDF). Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (in German). Vienna: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage. p. 7. doi:10.1553/0x002caff8. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Horváth, Pavel (1983). Trenčín a rodina Štúrovcov : pôvod rodiny L̕udovíta Štúra Trenčín a rodina Štúrovcov : pôvod rodiny L̕udovíta Štúra [Trenčín and the Štúr family: the origin of the L̕udovít Štúr family Trenčín and the Štúr family: the origin of the L̕udovít Štúr family]. Trenčín, Slovakia: Trenčianske múzeum. pp. 61–64. OCLC 11886918.
- ^ Prikryl, Ľubomír Viliam (8 April 2017). "Dionýz Štúr". Časopis Quark (in Slovak). 4. Bratislava. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025.
- ^ Oreskes, Naomi (2020). The rejection of continental drift: theory and method in American earth science. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780197561188.
