János Salamon Petényi
János Salamon Petényi, Johann Salomon von Petényi or Ján Šalamún Petian (30 July 1799 – 5 October 1855) was a Hungarian priest who took an interest in zoology, travelling, collecting specimens, and contributing to ornithology, speleology, and paleontology. He is considered the father of Hungarian ornithology.
Life and work
Petényi was born in
Titus Csörgey with a biographical preface by Otto Herman.[8]
Eponymy
Many species of fossil and extant animals have been named after him including:
- Prodeinotherium petenyii,
- The Romanian barbel fish Barbus petenyi,
- Villanyia petenyii, and
- The extinct Vole, Mimomys petenyii.
References
- S2CID 38260297.
- S2CID 40595841.
- ^ Herman, Otto (1901). "Zwei Todte". Aquila. 8: 311–316.
- ^ Mlíkovský, Jiří (2012). "Early ornithological expeditions to Syrmia and Banat (1809–1855)". Tichodroma. 24: 109–114.
- ^ Solti, Béla (1976–77). "Petényi János Salamon és Czynk Ede gyűjteményeinek maradványai" (PDF). Fol. Hist. Nat. Mus. Matr. (in Hungarian). 4.
- Constantin von Wurzbach: "Petényi, Salomon Johann." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria). Part 22 Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, p. 66 (digitalised).
- ^ Herman, Ottó (1891). Petényi J. S., a magyar tudományos madártan megalapítója (PDF) (in Hungarian). Budapest: K. M. Természettudományi Társulat.
- JSTOR 4069986.
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