Pichler, Adolf, Ritter von Rautenkar#

b. Erl (Tyrol), Sept. 4, 1819, d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Nov. 15, 1900, writer and natural scientist. Participated in the 1848 revolution, 1867-1890 university professor of mineralogy and geology in Innsbruck. Wrote remarkably realistic stories about his home country and was the founder of research on popular acting in Tyrol.

Edition: Gesammelte Werke, 17 vols., published by S. M. Prem, 1904-1908; Briefwechsel A. P. - A. Brantl (1876-1900), ed. by J. Holzner and G. Oberkopfler, 1983.

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