Ignaz Venetz

Ignaz Venetz
Ignaz Venetz
	Ignaz Venetz
Born	21 March 1788; Visperterminen, Switzerland
Died	20 April 1859 (aged 71)
Citizenship	Swiss
Known for	Glaciology
	Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)	Venetz

Ignaz (Ignace) Venetz (1788 — 1859) was a

glaciologist; as one of the first scientists to recognize glaciers as a major force in shaping the earth, he played a leading role in the foundation of glaciology

.

Biography

Venetz was of a family long settled in the

Louis Agassiz

published his famous work Étude sur les glaciers (Study on Glaciers).

The standard author abbreviation Venetz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

References

^ Jean M. Grove, Little Ice Ages, Ancient and Modern (as The Little Ice Age 1988) rev. ed. 2004:161, and note 12.
^ Ein 'Nationales Forschungsprojekt' über Klimaänderungen in den Alpen – vor 180 Jahren!^{[permanent dead link]} (A "National Research Project" on climate change in the Alps - 180 years ago). University of Berne, Switzerland). Accessed on March 8, 2008.
^ International Plant Names Index. Venetz.

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[1] Jean M. Grove, Little Ice Ages, Ancient and Modern (as The Little Ice Age 1988) rev. ed. 2004:161, and note 12.

[2] Ein 'Nationales Forschungsprojekt' über Klimaänderungen in den Alpen – vor 180 Jahren!^{[permanent dead link]} (A "National Research Project" on climate change in the Alps - 180 years ago). University of Berne, Switzerland). Accessed on March 8, 2008.

[3] International Plant Names Index. Venetz.

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Academics	International Plant Names Index
People	Deutsche Biographie
Other	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland IdRef