Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar

Background

Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar was born on October 18, 1839, in Vienna, the son of the surgeon Georg Mojsisovics von Mojsvar.

Education

Mojsisovics studied law in Vienna University, taking his doctorate degree in 1864.

Career

In 1867, he entered the Geological Institute, becoming chief geologist in 1870 and vice-director in 1892.

He paid special attention to the cephalopoda of the Austrian Trias, and his publications include Das Gebirge um Hallstatt (1873-1876); Die Dolomitrisse von Siidtirol and Venetien (1878-1880); Grundlinien der Geologie von Bosnien-Herzegowina (1880) with E. Tietze and A. Bittner; Die Cephalopoden der mediterranen Triasprovinz (1882); Die cephalopoden der Hallstcitter Kalke (1873-1903); and Beitrdge zur Kenntniss der obertriadischen Cephalopodenfaunen des Himalaya (1896). With Melchior Neumayr (1845-1890) he conducted the Beitrdge zur Paldontologie and Geologie Oesterreich-Ungarns. In 1862, with Paul Grohmann and Dr Guido von Sommaruga, he founded the Austrian Alpine Club, and he also took part in establishing the German Alpine Club, which combined with the former in 1873.

Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar retired from the the Geological Institute in 1900, and died on October 2, 1907, at Mallnitz.

Achievements

• Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar was a noted scientist, who made a particular study of the Mesozoic strata and fossil cephalopods of the Austrian Alps.
  
  From 1891, Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar was a member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

Membership

In 1891, Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar became a member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

Connections

Father:

Georg Mojsisovics von Mojsvar