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b. Beczkó (now Beckov, Slovakia), April 5, 1827, d. Vienna, Oct. 9, 1893, paleontologist and geologist. From 1849 at the Geologische Reichsanstalt in Vienna, from 1877 its Deputy Director, from 1885 to 1992 its Director. Numerous studies on the geology of the Alps and Carpathians and paleobotanical monographs, especially on fossil plants of the Paleozoic in Bohemia. Initiated the printing of the Geological Special Map of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy to the scale of 1 : 75.000.
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Geologie der Steiermark 1871; Beitraege zur Kenntnis der Flora der Vorwelt, in: Abhandlungen der Geologischen Reichsanstalt 8 und 11, 1875/1887; Geologische Spezialkarte der Umgebung von Wien 1 : 75.000, 1891.