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Krenner József Sándor

Hungarian minerologist, born in Budapest 1839 - 1920;

Co-founder and Director of National Museum of Hungary, minerologist, illustrator, violin virtuoso. He obtained his doctorate in Germany, at University of Tübingen. From 1874 he became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In his youth he was the tutor of Roland Eötvös, with whom he maintained a lasting friendship. In 1888 he became a full member of the Academy of Sciences.

The mineral collection of the Hungarian National Museum became world famous under his direction. With the help of the museum director, Ferenc Pulszky, as well as József Eötvös And Andor Semsey, obtained the support of the Chamber of Deputies for the purchase of rare pieces. This is how he acquired the prince's famous mineral collection Lobkovitz. Unfortunately, the collection was lost in 1956.

He carried out numerous studies on minerals from Hungary and Transylvania, discovering many, some rare or new sulfosalts, among whichKrennerite,Lorandite, Semseyite, and theAndorite.

​Publications

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  • Über die pisolithische Struktur des diluvialen Kalktuffes von Ofen. (Vienna, 1863)

  • A new form of North American allanite-orthitis. With a drawing. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1864)

  • Szob's tertiary education. Philosophical contribution. (Tübingen, 1865)

  • Crystallographic studies on antimonite. With 11 tables. (Vienna, 1865)

  • On the crystalline form of Büzeny bromosalammonia. 1 drawing. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1866)

  • On two new double crystals of potassium-cadmium sulfate. 1 table and 7 figures. (Értekezések a természettudományok köréből, 1867)

  • Monograph on the crystalline form of a new double salt of potassium-cadmium selenose (KO, CdO, 2SeO3+3HO). Budapest, 1867. With two plates. (Excerpt from the Bulletin of the Royal Hungarian Society of Natural Sciences.)

  • Ajnácskő ancestors. Budapest, 1867. With two plates. (Proceedings of the Hungarian Geological Society, III.)

  • On Tertiary-era trachytic feldspar in Hungary. A work awarded by the Bugát Foundation by the Royal Hungarian Society of Natural Sciences. 1 drawing. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1867, and separately: Budapest, 1867)

  • On the Lobkowitz mineralogical collection. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1871)

  • Emerald. Read at the scientific assembly of 20 March 1872. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1872)

  • The Dobsina Ice Cave. Trip report. Read at the scientific assembly of 14 May 1873. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1873)

  • The mammoth. Parts 1-2. Presented at the scientific event of March 20, 1874. – Fossil animals recently discovered in America. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1874)

  • The Dobsina Ice Cave. Examined and described on behalf of the Royal Hungarian Society of Natural Sciences. With 6 lithographed plates and 3 wood engravings. (Budapest, 1874)

  • The fall of the Zsadány meteorite. Trip report. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1875)

  • On the components of the Breitensbach meteorite. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1876)

  • Wolframite from the upper Bánya trachyte. With 1 board. (Értekezések a természettudományok köréből. VII. 14. Budapest, 1876; in German: Leipzig, 1876)

  • Hungarian Anglesites. With 9 tables. Academic talk included. (Presented 4 December 1876; published in: Értekezések a természettudományok köréből. VIII. 8. Budapest, 1877; in German: Leipzig, 1877)

  • Results of investigations on minerals called cryolite, pachnolite and thomsenolite. – Bunsenite, a new telluric mineral. 1 table. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1877)

  • Silver tellurium from Transylvania. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1879)

  • About a new lead ore found in Felsőbánya. (Akadémiai Értesítő, 1881)

  • Greenland minerals belonging to the cryolite group. With 2 tables. – Jadeites from Szechenyi Béla's Asian expedition. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Tájékoztató, 1883)

  • On szabóite. With 1 board. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Tájékoztató, 1884)

  • Beyond a double salt of selensauren Cadmiumoxid and selensauren Kali. von Hauer, K.-vel. (Vienna, 1886)

  • Mineral optics studies. Academic speech. (Presented 12 April 1886; published in summary form in Természettudományi Közlöny, 1886)

  • Simplesite from Felsőbánya. (Natural History Notebooks, 1886)

  • Acanthite and native silver. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Tájékoztató, 1887)

  • Andorite, new Hungarian silver ore. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Értesítő, 1892)

  • Lorandite, new mineral species. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Értesítő, 1894)

  • On the crystallographic and optical relations of Schuller's new arsenic sulfide. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Tájékoztató, 1907)

  • Manganese spinel, as a metallurgical product from Menyháza, Arad County. (Magyar Chemiai Folyóirat, 1908, and Bányászati és Kohászati Lapok, 1908)

  • A new Hungarian mineral, warthait. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1909)

  • The "noble serpentine" of Vas County. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1917)

  • A rare Swedish mineral in Hungary. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Értesítő, 1918)

  • The discovery of the Hungarian element called tellurium. (Természettudományi Közlöny, 1920)

  • Schafarzikit, a new Hungarian mineral. (Mathematikai és Természettudományi Értesítő, 1923)

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Sources
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  • Mauritz Béla: Krenner József emlékezete. /MTA Emlékbeszédek, 21 kötet, 18. szám/ Budapest, 1933.

  • Magyar életrajzi lexikon I. (A–K). Főszerk. Kenyeres Agnes. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1967. 1016. o.

  • Bokor József (szerk.). A Pallas nagy lexikona. Arcanum: FolioNET (1893–1897, 1998.). ISBN 963 85923 2X

  • Szinnyei József: Magyar írók élete és munkái.

  • Szakáll Sándor: VIII. Tavaszi Ásványfesztivál Programfüzete Nehézipari Műszaki Egyetem, Miskolc, 1990.

  • Kempelen Farkas Digitális Tankönyvtár

  • Természettudományi lexikon III. (Gy–K). Főszerk. Erdey-Grúz Tibor. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1966.

  • Nagy Béla: Krenner József. /A múlt magyar tudósai/ Akadémiai Kiadó, 1996.

  • Bidló Gábor: Krenner József Sándor. In: Magyar Tudóslexikon A-tól Zs-ig. Főszerk.: Nagy Ferenc. Bp.: Better-MTESZ-OMIKK, 1997.

  • Papp Gábor: A magyar topografikus és leíró ásványtan története. /Topographia Mineralogica Hungariae VII./ Herman Ottó Múzeum, Miskolc, 2002.

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