Gábor Andreánszky (botanist)

Baron Gábor Andreánszky de Liptószentandrás (August 1, 1895 – November 20, 1967) was a Hungarian botanist, paleobotanist and explorer. He was the son of politician and MP Gábor Andreánszky (1848-1908).

Gábor Andreánszky
BornAugust 1, 1895
Alsópetény, Austria-Hungary
DiedNovember 20, 1967(1967-11-20) (aged 72)
Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
NationalityHungarian
EducationUniversity of Budapest
Occupationbotanist
The native form of this personal name is liptószentandrási báró Andreánszky Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Career

In 1929 he was appointed professor of botany, and in 1942 ordinary professor. That same year, he was named as chief botanist in the Hungarian National Museum (now Museum of Natural History in Hungary). That position was held until 1945, when he became head of the Department of Botany at the University of Budapest, until 1952. Then, for political reasons (and probably his noble origin) he was banned.

He made several expeditions to the Balkan Peninsula, Corsica, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania. He pioneered Paleobotany of Cenozoic, especially Miocene, flora.

He is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Moroccan lizard, Atlantolacerta andreanskyi.[1]

Publications
  • Plantae ia Africa Boreali lectae II–III. Pécs: Dunántúl. 1937–1941.
  • Az éghajlat megváltozásának hatása a növényzetre. Budapest: Stephaneum. 1939.
  • Adatok Tunisz és Kelet-Algéria növényföldrajzához. Budapest: Bethlen Gábor. 1939.
  • Száras növények. Budapest: Egyetemi ny. 1941.
  • A növények elterjedése. Budapest: Egyetemi ny. 1941.
  • A Földközi-tengervidék növényzetének biológiai spektrumáról. Budapest: Szent István Akadémia. 1941.
  • Ősnövénytan. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1954.
  • Die Flora der sarmatischen Stufe in Ungarn: Die paläoökologischen und zönologischen Beziehungen ihrer Entwicklungsgeschichte. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1959.
  • Contributions à la connaissance de la flore de l’oligocène inférieur de la Hongrie et un essai sur la reconstitution de la végétation contemporaine. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1959.
  • On the Upper Oligocene of Hungary: Analysis of the site at the Wind Brickyard. Eger. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1966.
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References
  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Andreánszky, p. 9)
  2. IPNI.  Andr.

Sources
  • Magyar életrajzi lexikon I. (A–K). ed. Kenyeres, Ágnes. Budapest. Akadémiai Kiadó. 1967. p. 35.
  • Magyar nagylexikon II. (And–Bag). ed. Élesztős, László, Rostás, Sándor. Budapest. Akadémiai Kiadó. 1994. p. 28.
  • Magyarország a XX. században IV.: Tudomány – Műszaki és természettudományok. ed. Kollega Tarsoly, István. Szekszárd. Babits. 1999. pp. 486 and 489.
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