Eva Schönbeck-Temesy facts for kids
Eva Schönbeck-Temesy (born August 16, 1930 – died August 27, 2011) was an important botanist from Austria. She was known for her great work on a huge plant book called Flora Iranica, which describes plants from the Iran region.
Life and Career
Eva was born in Győr, a big city in northwestern Hungary. She was the fourth daughter of Stefan and Ludovika Temesy. She went to elementary school and then to a girls' school in Székesfehérvár.
When the Red Army invaded Hungary, Eva's family moved to Graz in Austria. There, Eva finished high school with excellent grades in 1949. That same year, she started studying botany at the University of Graz. In 1954, she earned her Ph.D. with the highest honor possible in Austria, called Sub auspiciis Praesidentis. This means she achieved outstanding results throughout her studies. Her doctoral paper was about a plant called Saxifraga stellaris.
On July 9, 1956, Eva married Horst Schönbeck, a zoologist. They had three children: Susanne, Stefan, and Pippa. The family lived near Graz until 1964, when they moved to Vienna for work.
From 1965 to 1973, Schönbeck-Temesy worked at the botany department of the Natural History Museum, Vienna. She became the head of the museum's Herbarium (a collection of dried plants) on March 1, 1974. She stayed in this important role until she retired in April 1993.
Eva Schönbeck-Temesy was very good at languages. Besides her native Hungarian and German, she also spoke English, French, Italian, and Russian. This skill helped her a lot in her scientific work.
She was a truly respected figure in the world of botany. A plant from the Rubiaceae family was even named after her: Galium schoenbeck-temesyae.
Her eldest daughter, Dr. Susanne Grass-Schönbeck, is also a scientist, working in the field of pulmonology (which studies the lungs).
See also
- In Spanish: Eva Schönbeck-Temesy para niños
