Juraj Kolombatović

Juraj Kolombatović
Born (1843-12-08)8 December 1843
Split, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austrian Empire
Died 21 September 1908(1908-09-21) (aged 64)
Split, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary

Juraj Kolombatović (8 December 1843 - 21 September 1908 ) was a Croatian zoologist, best known for his work in the field of ichthyology and the Marjan hill reforestation project.

A high school professor from 1864 to 1900,[1] Kolombatović is remembered for his discovery of nine new species of fish and in 1886, he described a species of lizard - Lacerta mosorensis - the Mosor rock lizard, the goby Gobius kolombatovici is named in his honour.[2] In addition, in 1852 an afforestation project was launched planting Aleppo pine on Marjan, and he participated in the founding of the Marjan society in 1903.

References

  1. ↑ http://81.10.184.26:9001/personen_add/Korb_Ernst_Ornithologen_Mitteleuropas.pdf
  2. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.