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Hochstetter Ferdinand von
(30.04.1829–18.07.1884)
Born in Esslingen am Neckar in the family of German botanist and mycologist Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hoxtetter. He graduated from the seminary in Maulbronn and then studied theology and natural sciences at the University of Tübingen. After that, Hochstetter lived in Austria, where, on the instructions of the geological imperial administration, he explored the Czech Forest, the Ore Mountains, the Carlsbad Mountains and the Czech Middle Mountains. In 1856, he was promoted to private assistant professor at the University of Vienna. In 1857 on behalf of the Vienna Imperial Academy of Sciences, Hochstetter took part in an Austrian round-the-world expedition on the frigate “Novara”. After the ship arrived in New Zealand, Hochstetter remained there with a country's mapping and geological studies. The result of his work was the first geological map of New Zealand. After returning to Austria in 1860 Hochstetter became a professor of geology and mineralogy at the Vienna Higher Technical School. Since 1876, he headed the Vienna Museum of Natural History, continuing to travel a lot. So, in 1863 he visited Switzerland and Italy for scientific purposes, in 1869 the European part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1872 the central part of Russia and the Urals. He owns the first geological map of the Balkan Peninsula, which was then part of Turkey. He died in Vienna. Islands (Gochstetter) in the southeast of the archipelago of Franz Josef Land. Seen in September 1873 by the Austro-Hungarian expedition on the ship “Tegethof”. Named by Yu. Payer in the spring of 1874 during the hike trips. Glacier on the east coast of the island of West Spitsbergen. |
