József Dorner

The native form of this personal name is Dorner József. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
József Dorner
Portrait of Dorner, 1865.
Born
József Thurner junior

(1808-11-02)2 November 1808
Győr
Died9 October 1873(1873-10-09) (aged 64)
Pest, Hungary
Resting placeFiume Road Graveyard
Other namesDorner József, I. Dorner, Josef Dorner, Joseph von Dorner, Joseph von Dörner, Josef von Dorner, Thurner József.
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, chemistry, histology

József Dorner (2 November 1808 – 9 October 1873), was a Hungarian educator and botanist.

He was born József Thurner the Younger, was born to German parents József Thurner the Elder, a merchant, and Zsuzsanna Schmidt. A pharmacist by trade, he also worked as a schoolteacher and is best known today as a botanist.

By 1831, or 1834, he had changed his family name to Dorner at the time of his registration as a nobleman. This spelling is also his botanical author abbreviation Dorner. According to Szmodits, he married in 1845 but they remained childless, with his wife predeceasing him.


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