Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein

Austrian botanist

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1759

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 24-May-1823

Profession: botanist, soldier, explorer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Franz de Paula Adam Norbert Wenzel Ludwig Valentin von Waldstein (14 February 1759 – 24 May 1823) was an Austrian soldier, explorer and naturalist. A member of the noble Waldstein family, he was born in Vienna, the third son of Count Emanuel Philibert von Waldstein-Wartenberg (1731–1775) and his wife Maria Anna Theresia von Liechtenstein.
His younger brother Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein (1762–1823) became known as patron of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Waldstein married Karolina Ferdinandi (1777–1844).
As a soldier he took part in Habsburg campaigns against the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
From 1789 he studied the botany of Hungary with Pál Kitaibel.
His herbarium is archived in Prague.
Together with Kitaibel he wrote Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae ("descriptions and pictures of the rare plants of Hungary"; M.
A.
Schmidt, Vienna, three volumes, 1802–1812). In 1814 Waldstein was appointed member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
He died at his manor in Litvínov (German: Oberleutensdorf), Bohemia.
The genus Waldsteinia (Rosaceae) was named after him by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, as well as a Campanula (bellflower) species (Campanula waldsteiniana) by Josef August Schultes.



Alternative names	Joseph Lanzedelli, Josef Lanzedelly, Joseph Lanzedelly, Josef Lancedelli, Joseph Lancedelli, Josef Lanzadelli, Josef Lanzadelly
Description	Austrian lithographer
Date of birth/death	1774	1832
Location of birth/death	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Vienna
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