Christian Andreas Zipser

[1] Zipser was born in Győr and after school in Bazin (Bösing ) he studied philosophy and theology at Banská Bystrica, and at the evangelical lyceum in Bratislava.

He also accompanied King Friedrich August II in 1840 into the High Tatras and corresponded with many scientists around Europe including Alexander von Humboldt.

He followed the system of Abraham Gottlob Werner for names of minerals, having obtained a manuscript from Heinrich Moritz von Mandelsloh.

During the 8th Congress of Hungarian physicians and naturalists on 11 August 1847 at Sopron, Zipser proposed the setting up of a mining and geological society.

He was present in the meeting in Videfalva on 3 January 1848 along with the Kubinyis and others which led to the founding of the Hungarian Geological Association which was formally established only on 1 December 1849 with Haidinger as director.