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Dr. Arnold Penther
* 15.10.1865 Rom (Italien)
† 6.4.1931
Dr. Arnold Penther
Son of Daniel PENTHER, painter and conservator at the academies of applied arts in Vienna, Munich, Paris and Rome. A. PENTHER was educated at Bielitz, Czech Rep. and Seitenstetten, Austria and got his Ph.D. in zoology at the university in Vienna 1892. From 1898 until his retirement in 1924 he worked mainly as arachnologist at the natural history museum in Vienna.
Collecting expeditions led him to S Africa 1894/96, the Erdschias-Dagh 1902, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia 1910 and the Balkan peninsular1914, 1916, 1918. 232 bird skins from S Africa were donated to the Natural history museum in Vienna in 1898. Arthropodes and molluscs also are incorporated in the NMW. Plants collected in S-Africa, Natal and Rhodesia 1894/95 came to the herbaria in Vienna and BOL. His name is commemorated in plant taxa.
Lit.:
5. Jahresber. der Ges. zur Förderung der naturhist. Erforschung des Orients in Wien für das Jahr 1899, 1899.4 f.
BERKA G., 1959: 100 Jahre Dt. Burschenschaft in Österreich 1859-1959. 86 f.
GUNN M. & CODD L.E., 1981: Botanical exploration of southern Africa. Introductory volume. Cape Town. 278 f.
HASSINGER H., 1949: Österr. Anteil an der Erforschung der Erde.
HELLMAYR C.E., 1902: Übersicht der von Dr. A. Penther in Südafrika gesammelten Vögel. J. Orn. 9,5: 210-237.
HORN et al., 1990: Collectiones entomologicae. Berlin. 299 f.
KÜHNELT W., 1978: Penther Arnold. Österr. Biogr. Lexikon. 1815-1950. VII. Wien. 410 f.
SCHIFTER H., 1988. Bird collections from Africa in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. Proc. Pan-Afr.Congr.Orn. 1988: 178 f.
Pers. comm.: H. SCHIFTER, Vienna, Austria
Kustos am Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien (THALER K. schr. Mitt. 2000).
Lebenslauf Penther Arnold aus: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950, 7. Band, 1978
Kurzbiographie von Arnold Penther [aus www.biographien.ac.at/]
Österreichs Beitrag zur Erforschung der Türkei (aus Stapfia Bd 34)
