Alexander Makowsky

Alexander Makowsky (17 December 1833 in Svitavy – 30 November 1908 in Brno) was an Austrian botanist, geologist and paleontologist.

He studied at the University of Technology in Brno, and afterwards, worked as a schoolteacher in Olomouc (1858–64) and Brno (1864–68). From 1873 to 1905 he was a professor of geology and mineralogy at the technical university in Brno.

He devoted the early part of his career to botanical studies, but his interests later switched to the areas of geology, paleontology and prehistory. Included in his research were studies of Pleistocene era humans and animals of Moravia. With Anton Rzehak, he produced a geological map of the environs of Brno, titled ''Geologische Karte der Umgebung von Brünn'' (1883). The discosauriscid seymouriamorph ''Makowskia laticephala'' commemorates his name. Provided by Wikipedia