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Moritz Hörnes (14 July 1815 – 4 November 1868) was anAustrianpalaeontologist. He was the curator of the imperial natural history cabinet of Vienna. His sonRudolf Hoernes also became a geologist and paleontologist while another sonMoritz Hoernes (1852–1917) became an archaeologist.
Hörnes was born inVienna, he was educated at theUniversity of Vienna and graduated with a PhD. He then became an assistant in the Vienna mineralogical museum underPaul Maria Partsch. He was distinguished for his research on theCenozoicMollusca of theVienna Basin and of Alpine regions. Most of his memoirs were published in theJahrbuch der K. K. geol. Reichsanstalt. After the death of Partsch, he became the curator of the natural history cabinet.
In 1864 he introduced the termNeogene to includeMiocene andPliocene, as these formations are not always to be clearly separated: thefauna of the lower division beingsubtropical and gradually giving place in the upper division toMediterranean forms. He died in Vienna on 4 November 1868.
In 1860 the mineralhörnesite was named in his honor byWilhelm Haidinger, withGustav Adolph Kenngott being its co-describer.[1][2]
TheFlorentine Diamond was properly weighed and documented and a plaster copy made of it under his supervision.[3]
He married Aloisia, née Strauss, niece of Paul Maria Partsch, who had another sister who was married the geologistEduard Suess. Another sister of Aloisia was married toJohann August Natterer (1821–1900). His son Dr.Rudolf Hörnes (1850–1912), professor ofgeology and palaeontology in theUniversity of Graz, also carried on researches among theCenozoicmollusca, and is author ofElemente der Palaeontologie (1884).
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