> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 47](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258487) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55035246) QID Q55035246 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Fritsch, Carl \[Karl\] (1812-1879), Austrian scientist, born 16 Aug 1812 in Prague (now Czech Republic), where he studied law 1833-1836, but being more interested in astronomy, became an asst. at the Prague observatory 1851, adjunct and eventually vice-dir., Central-Anstalt für Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus, Vienna, well known for his phenological observations on plants and animals, retired and moved to Salzburg in 1871 where he died on 26 Dec 1879. **Abbreviated name**: *C. Fritsch* #### Note Not to be confused with his son Karl Fritsch (1864-1934) (see below). #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 12; BM 2: 626 (as "Karl"); CSP 2: 729-730, 7: 717-719, 9: 936, 12: 254; DTS 1: 74-78, 6(4): 45; Futak-Domin p. 211-212; IH 2: 210 (as "Karl... Sr."); Jackson p. 83, 268, 270; Kew 2: 347; Maiwald p. 82, 204, 205; NDB 5: 626 (as "Karl"); ÖBL 1: 370; PR ed. 2: 3124-3125; Rehder 5(index): 300; Saccardo 2: 122. #### Biofile - Anon., Alman. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien 30: 162-172. 1880. (bibl., biogr.); A catalog of the Edward L. Greene collection: 130. 1986. (as "Karl") - Fritsch, K., 1880. "Carl Fritsch" \[Selbstbiographie\] Meterolog. Zeitschr. p. 105-119. - Gilbert, P., 1977. A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists: 128. ### Publications ##### n.35.707. periodischen Erscheinungen **Title** Über die *periodischen Erscheinungen* im *Pflanzenreiche*... Prag (Druck der k.k. Hofbuchdruckerei von Gottlieb Haase Söhne) 1845. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1845, p. \[1\]-89, 1 schema (part. col.). *Copy*: BM. – Issued as Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 4. 1845. ##### n.35.708. Kalender **Title** *Kalender* der *Flora* des *Horizontes* von *Prag*. Entworfen nach zehnjährigen Vegetations-Beobachtungen... Als Anhang zum Jännerhefte... \[Sitzungsberichte K. Akad. Wiss. Wien\]... 1852. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Kalender Fl. Prag*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1852 (p. \[1\] dated Jan 1852), p. \[1\]-110. *Copies*: BM, HH, K (n.v.), LC, NY (n.v.). – Issued as suppl. to Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 8. 1852. ##### n.35.709. Phänologische Beobachtungen **Title** *Phänologische Beobachtungen* aus dem *Pflanzen*- und *Thierreiche*... Wien (Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsduckerei) 1869. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Phänol. Beob. Pfl.- Theirreiche*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Oct 1869 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i\]-iv, 1-180, 2 maps (1 col., 1 uncol.). *Copies*: G, LC (n.v.). – Issued by Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. as viii. Heft. Jahrgang 1857. *Note*: (1) This publication is Heft 8 of 1857, the text on p. \[i\] reads: printing finished 19 Jun 1860, issued 29 Oct 1869 \[sic\]. (2) There are more publications by Carl \[Karl\] Fritsch with the same title 1851-1857 and 1866, but not seen by us.