Schaffer, Franz Xaver#
Schaffer, Franz Xaver, b. Šumperk, Czech Republic (then Maehrisch Schoenberg), April 12, 1876, d. Vienna, April 17, 1953, geologist and palaentologist, 1900-1936 at the Museum of Natural History in Vienna; concentrated on Tertiary geology (stratigraphy of the Vienna basin), numerous expeditions to all parts of the world.
Works#
Das Miocaen von Eggenburg, in: Abh. der Geolog. Reichsanstalt, 1910-1925; Lehrbuch der Geologie, 3 vols., 1922-1941; Geologie, Geschichte und Bau der Umgebung von Wien, 1927; Geologie von Oe., 1941 (ed.).Literature#
F. Trauth, F. X. S., in: Mttlg. der Geolog. Ges. Vienna 45, 1954.