Aleksander Zawadzki (naturalist)

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Aleksander Zawadzki
Faculty of Brno Technical College in 1864, seated sixth from left is Alexander Zawadzki and ninth is Gregor Mendel
Born
Józef Antoni Zawadzki

(1798-05-06)6 May 1798
Bielitz, Austrian Silesia
Died5 June 1868(1868-06-05) (aged 70)
Brno, Austria-Hungary
CitizenshipAustrian
OccupationNaturalist

Aleksander Zawadzki born Józef Antoni Zawadzki (6 May 1798 in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia – 6 May 1868 in Brno) was an ethnically Polish naturalist who lived almost all his life in the Austrian Empire. He was an author of flora and fauna lists of the Galicia region and the neighbourhood of Lviv (Polish: Lwów). He was also the first scientist who studied and catalogued the beetles and butterflies of Eastern Galicia. He was responsible for encouraging Gregor Mendel to study genetics at Brno.

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