Franz Ritter von Hauer

In 1846, he became assistant to Wilhelm von Haidinger at the mineralogical museum in Vienna; three years later he joined the imperial geological institute, and in 1866 he was appointed director.

[1] Among his special geological works are those on the Cephalopoda of the Triassic and Jurassic formations of Alpine regions (1855-1856).

he recognized and discovered 89 species and established the Middle and Late Triassic stratigraphical units of deep shelf environments.

His most important general work was that of the Geological Map of Austro-Hungary, in twelve sheets (1867-1871; 4th ed.

[5] In 1892, von Hauer became a life-member of the upper house (Herrenhaus) of the Austrian parliament.