Ferdinand Stoliczka
1838-74
Austrian geologist, palaeontologist, and zoologist. Studied natural sciences, specialising in geology and palaeontology, at Vienna. In 1860, after receiving his doctorate, joined the Austrian geological survey. Surveyor, Geological Survey of India, 1863. Surveyed in the Himalayas, 1864-6. Acting joint curator, Indian Museum, Calcutta, and natural history secretary, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1868. Undertook a major study of the Mollusca.
Sources
ADB
DIB
Riddick 1998
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
DIB: Dictionary of Indian biography. By C. E. Buckland. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1906.
Riddick, John F. 1998. Who was who in British India. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
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