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Anton Rochel

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12 March 1847, Graz, Austria

Anton Rochel (18 June 1770, in Neunkirchen – 12 May 1847, in Graz) was an Austrian surgeon and naturalist, known for his botanical investigations of Banat and the Carpathians.

Up until 1798 he served as a surgeon in the Austrian army, then from 1798 to 1820 worked as a physician in Moravia and Hungary. From 1820 to 1840 he was a curator at the botanical garden in Pest. The botanical genus Rochelia (family Boraginaceae) was named in his honor by Ludwig Reichenbach.

Published works

  • Naturhistorische miscellen uber den nordwestlichen Karpath in ober-Ungarn, 1821 – Natural history notes on the northwestern Carpathians in upper Hungary.
  • Plantae Banatus rariores: iconibus et descriptionibus illustratae, 1828.
  • Botanische Reise in das Banat im Jahre 1835 nebst Gelegenheits-Bemerkungen, 1838 – Botanical journey to Banat in 1835.

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