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Nationality
  
Austrian

Years active
  
1865-1886


Name
  
Franz Antoine

Role
  
Author

Born
  
February 23, 1815 (
1815-02-23
)
Paradeisgartel on the Lowelbastei (Vienna

Occupation
  
Horticulturalist and gardener

Known for
  
Authority on the botanical family Bromeliaceae

Died
  
March 11, 1886, Vienna, Austria

Franz Antoine (February 23, 1815, Paradeisgartel on the Löwelbastei (Vienna) – March 11, 1886) was an Austrian horticulturalist and gardener.

From 1865 he was director of royal gardens to the Austrian/Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He was an authority on the botanical family Bromeliaceae, and was also an avid photographer. His photographs of still lifes, plants and scenes of Vienna were presented at exhibitions in Vienna (1864, 1873) and Paris (1867). Among his written works were the following:

  • Die Coniferen, (The conifers), (1840-1847).
  • Der Wintergarten der K.K. Hofburg zu Wien, (The Winter Garden at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna), (1852).
  • Coniferen des Cilicischen Taurus, (Conifers of Cilician Taurus) – with Theodor Kotschy, (1855).
  • Phyto-Iconography der Bromeliaceen, (Photo-iconography of bromeliads), (1884).

    • His father, Franz Antoine the Elder (1768-1834), was also a gardener to Austrian royalty.

    References

    Franz Antoine Wikipedia
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