> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 739](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190210) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12768-1) LSID 12768-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89237) QID Q89237 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Reuss, August Emanuel \[Rudolf\] von (1811-1873), Bohemian physician, botanist, mineralogist and palaeontologist; Dr. med. Praha 1833; physician at Bilin 1834-1849; professor of mineralogy and geology at Praha 1849-1863; professor of mineralogy at the University, Wien 1863-1873. **Abbreviated name**: *A.E. Reuss* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.E.Reuss*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]] (extant); further material at [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WU|WU]]. – The original herbarium at [[Collection B|B]] is incorporated in that of his son August Leopold von Reuss (1841-1924), a collection of circa 30.000 specimens collected by many botanists (inf. H.W. Lack); an important set is also at [[Collection WU|WU]]. – For August Leopold von Reuss see e.g. J. Pagel, Biogr. Lex. Ärzte 1369-1370. 1901, ed. 2/3, by I. Fischer, 2: 1287. 1962. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 28: 303-305 (Gümbel); Andrews p. 320; Barnhart 3: 146 (b. 8 Jul 1811, d. 26 Nov 1873); BM 4: 1685-1686; CSP 5: 173-175, 6: 748, 8: 735-736, 11: 154, 12: 613; Futak-Domin p. 501; IH 1 (ed. 7): 341, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 452; Klášterský p. 155; Maiwald p. 69, 140, 155, 189; NI 1623; PR 7566, ed. 1: 8519; Quenstedt p. 358; TL-2/1988; WU 25: 350-354. 1873 (bibl.). #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 6: 51. 1858 (cognomen Leopoldina Saussurea); Lotos 23: 232. 1873 (d.), 24: 51-52. 1874 (obit.); Österr. bot. Z. 13: 337. 1863 (app. Wien), 24: 33, 99. 1874 (d. 26 Nov 1873; herbarium in that of his sons), 60: 46. 1910 (August R. v. Reuss presented the herbarium of his father to WU); Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 30 (Proc.) xlvii-xlviii. 1874 (obit.); Wiener med. Wochenschr. 61 (29): 1885-1886. 1911 (centenary of birth). - Gad, J., ed., S.B. Lotos, Prag 47: 25. 1899 (memorial). - Geinitz, H.B., Leopoldina 9(9/10): 67-72. 1874 (obit., bibl.). - Lack, H.W., Willdenowia 10(1): 81. 1980 (herb.). - Laube, G., Alman. Akad. Wiss. Wien 24: 129-151. 1874 (b. 8 Jul 1811, d. 26 Apr 1873, extensive obit., bibl.; the secretary of the Academy, Schrötter, compares R.'s life and difficulties with that of Agassiz, stating that the latter had better luck in the United States "rich in men ready to take initiatives for the common good, where people are not used to wait until the government steps in..."); Mitt. Ver. Gesch. Deut. Böhmen 12(5): 193-205. 1874 (obit., bibl.). - Lz. \[H. Loretz\], Verh. k.k. geol. Reichsanst. 1873(16): 280-282. (obit., d. 26 Nov 1873). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-Lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 615. 1863 (bibl.), 3: 1113. 1898 (bibl.), 7A, suppl.: 541. 1971 (bibl.). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 134. 1982. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 862. \[index\]. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeontol. 555. 1901. ### Publications ##### n.9098. Die Versteinerungen der Böhmischen Kreideformation **Title** *Die Versteinerungen der Böhmischen Kreideformation*, beschrieben von Dr. August Em. Reuss,... mit Abbildungen der neuen oder weniger bekannten Arten, gezeichnet von Joseph Rubesch,... Stuttgart (E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung) 1845-1846, 2 Abt. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Verstein. Böhm. Kreideform.* **Notes** *1*: 1845 (p. iv: 1 Oct 1844), p. \[i\]-iv, \[v\], \[1\]-58. *pl. 1-13* (zool. plates by Reuss and Rubesch). *2*: 1846 (p. iv: 1 Jul 1846), p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-148 (botany on p. 81-96 by August Joseph Corda), *pl. 14-51* (*46-51* bot; 32/33 combined; bot. pl. by Corda). *Copies*: GOET, GRON, PH, U. *Ref*.: Flora 30: 30-32. 1847 (extensive rev.).