See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

FERDINAND See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

CHRISTIAN VON See also:

• BARON FERDINAND CHRISTIAN VON HOCHSTETTER (1829—1884)

HOCHSTETTER (1829—1884)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ESSLINGEN

Esslingen, Wurtemberg, on the 3oth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1829 . He was the son of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand See also:

• HOCHSTETTER, FERDINAND CHRISTIAN VON, BARON (1829—1884)

Hochstetter (1787—1860), a clergyman and See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at Briinn, who was also a botanist and mineralogist . Having received his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the evangelical See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary at Maulbronn, he proceeded to the university of See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen; there under F . A . See also:

• QUENSTEDT, FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON (1809–1889)

Quenstedt the See also:

• INTEREST

interest he already See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt in See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology became permanently fixed, and there he obtained his See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor's degree and a travelling scholarship . In 1852 he joined the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the Imperial See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and was engaged until 1856 in parts of Bohemia, especially in the Bohmerwald, and in the Fichtel and Karlsbad mountains . His excellent reports established his reputation . Thus he came to be chosen as geologist to the See also:

• NOVARA

Novara expedition (18$7—1859), and made numerous valuable observations in the voyage See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WORLD

world . In 1859 he was engaged by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand to make a rapid geological survey of the islands . On his return he was appointed in 186o professor of See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and geology at the Imperial See also:

• POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

Polytechnic See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute in See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and in 1876 he was made See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the Imperial Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History Museum . In these later years he explored portions of See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey and eastern See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, and he published papers on a variety of geological, palaeontological and mineralogical subjects . He died at Vienna on the 18th of See also:

• JULY

July 1884 .