Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Austrian scientist

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1728

Place of Birth: Belgrade, Belgrade District

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1805

Profession: physicist, mathematician, zoologist, botanist, mycologist, mineralogist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen (5 November 1728 – 17 March 1805) was a botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest.
He is credited with discovering the flowering plants Wulfenia carinthiaca, Saxifraga moschata, and Stellaria bulbosa.
In 1845 the lead molybdate mineral wulfenite was named in his honor by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger.