Leopold (Trattinick) Trattinnick
1764–1849
Austrian botanist and author. Studied law then medicine at the University of Vienna but did not obtain a degree. Given the courtesy title of regional phytographer to the College of Lower Austria, 1806. Having donated his herbarium to the new royal natural history cabinet in Vienna in 1807, he was appointed curator of the botanical collection, 1808. A prolific author and member of many scientific societies; corresponded with Goethe and Humboldt.
Sources
ADB
ÖBL online
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.
ÖBL online: Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 online-Edition und Österreichisches biographische Lexikon ab 1815 (2. überarbeitete Auflage – online). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2003–17. http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl.
