Anton Ausserer

Anton Ausserer
Born(1843-07-05)5 July 1843
Bozen, Austria
Died20 July 1889(1889-07-20) (aged 46)
Graz, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology, Arachnology

Anton Ausserer (5 July 1843 – 20 July 1889)[1] was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.[2][3] His father died when he was a youth, and he and his family suffered much economic hardship, but he was supported and encouraged by Camill Heller, professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at the University of Innsbruck.

  1. ^ Maurer, Ferdinand: Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer. Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890
  2. ^ Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographia aranearum, Les frères Doularoude. Toulouse 1945
  3. ^ Charles Darwin (2013). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 20, 1872. Cambridge University Press. p. 918. ISBN 978-1-107-24524-2.