From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gustav Niessl von Mayendorf
Gustav Niessl von Mayendorf
Gustav Niessl von Mayendorf (born 26 April, 1839 in cal State Collection Munich went. He was regarded as an
Verona, died 1 September, 1919 in Hütteldorf, Vienna; of- expert in the flora of Moravia and Silesia, and had close
ten cited as G. von Niessl), was an Austrian astronomer contact with the botanist Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst.
and mycologist. Two fungal species were named after him. He was
Niessl, the son of an artillery officer, studied at the particularly concerned with microscopic sac fungi, slime
Polytechnic in Vienna in 1857 and became assistant to molds, and rusts.
practical geometry. In 1859 he took the chair of practical Since 1904, he was a corresponding member of the
geometry at the Technical College in Brno, where he be- Austrian Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the
came a full professor in 1860 and later taught applied Austrian Commission for International Geodesy and the
geometry, astronomy and higher geodesy. He became the Patent Court.
director in 1868/1869. After this technical college, he was
its rector in 1877/78 and 1888/89. In 1907 he retired (and
in the same year received an honorary doctorate). For
References
several decades he was secretary of the Natural Science [1] "Author Query". International Plant Names Index.
Society in Brno. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
Niessl was first engaged in geodesy. As an as- • Th. R. Widorn: Niessl von Mayendorf (Maiendorf)
tronomer, he was employed with Niessl meteor orbits Gustav . In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon
and also wrote the article in the Enzyklopädie der math- 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Band 7, Verlag der
ematischen Wissenschaften (Encyclopedia of Mathematical Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Sciences) (1907). Niessl was also a significant mycologist Wien 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , S. 126 f.
and mushroom collector, whose collection at the Botani-
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