Franz Toula

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Franz Toula
Franz Toula - Fernande Fernande (18 btv1b84504818 (cropped)).jpg
Born(1845-12-20)20 December 1845
Died30 January 1920(1920-01-30) (aged 74)
Alma mater Polytechnic Institute in Vienna
Occupation(s) geologist; mineralogist; paleontologist
Scientific career
Institutions Polytechnic Institute in Vienna

Franz Toula (20 December 1845 in Vienna – 3 January 1920 in Vienna) was an Austrian geologist, mineralogist and paleontologist.

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Biography

Beginning in 1863 he studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (later on, known as Technische Hochschule Wien), where he was a pupil and assistant to Ferdinand von Hochstetter. Later on, he worked for several years as a gymnasium instructor in Vienna. In 1880 he became an associate professor at the Technische Hochschule, where from 1884 to 1917 he served as a full professor of mineralogy and geology. [1] In 1893/94 he served as academic rector. [2] He was co-founder of the Naturwissenschaftlichen Orientverein. [3]

From the 1870s onward, he performed geological investigations in the Balkans, about which, he was the author of numerous publications. Later on, he expanded his research to include the Ottoman Empire and Crimea. He also conducted significant stratigraphic-paleontological studies in the vicinity of Vienna. [1] [3]

Selected works

Plaque to Franz Toula in the courtyard of the Vienna University of Technology. Gedenktafel Franz von Toula Hof TU Wien-DSC 6755w.jpg
Plaque to Franz Toula in the courtyard of the Vienna University of Technology.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Toula, Franz Edler von (1845–1920), Geologe, Paläontologe und Mineraloge" (in German). Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. Thibaut - Zycha / edited by Walther Killy Dictionary of German Biography
  3. 1 2 Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000, Volume 2 by Willi Hager
  4. Most widely held works by Franz Toula WorldCat Identities