780 KARL ALFRED VON ZTTTEL. 



lishor with C. Loonliard of Neues Jahi'bucli fiir jMineralogie, to give 

 a course in that science. But once during- Zittel's term of study were 

 the three students secured. 



Doctor Zittel continued his studies during the year 1860 at Paris. 

 Here he met the venerable P^lie de Beaumont, who, with Dufrenoy, 

 worked for eigliteen years on the first geological map of France. Of 

 him Zittel said, '• The geological fame of Elie de Beaumont rests on 

 his admirable field work and liis writings concerning the age and 

 origin of mountain systems."" Around Beaumont and Edmond 

 Hebert, the honored teacher at the Sorbonne, and de Verneuil, there 

 gathered many of the geologists of France — Prudes Deslongchamps, 

 Albert Gaudry, Nunier-Chalmas, and others. All these became the 

 friends of the young (xerman, and remained so. As Zittel especially 

 cherished this attachment, they rewarded his loyalty with their 

 loyalty. As proof of their high estimation of him he was elected 

 in 1898 vice-president of the Geological Society of France, a dis- 

 tinction rarely bestowed on a foreigner. 



In 18()1 he studied at Vienna, then especially noted for geology and 

 paleontology. There he met Wilhelm vor. Haidinger, the founder of 

 natural history in Austria, and at that time the head of his crea- 

 tion, the k. k. geologische Reichsanstalt. Of this remarkable man 

 Suess has written, " He Avas not a charming speaker. However, if 

 a young man had the courage to seek him at his home in Ungargasse, 

 he would then unbend his dignity. AVith both hands he would hold 

 his guest during the entire visit, while his silvery locks of hair 

 streamed down over the rosy cheeks preserved into old age. With 

 many a ' ja, ja, ja,' he would endeavor to stimulate and attract and 

 attach to himself the young mind, as if he wished to pour into it 

 some of his own warmth and an exalted conception of the duties and 

 the life objects of the naturalist. At the same time he would seek to 

 indelibly impress upon the listener how much there is to work for in 

 this beautiful world, and how much can be accomplished by united 

 effort." Associated with Haidinger at that time at the Natural His- 

 tory Institute of Vienna were Franz von Hauer, the geologist ])ar 

 excellence of Austria, Dionys Stur, Johann Cczjzek, Fotterle, (luido 

 Stache, and many others. The young, genial Eduard Suess had then 

 just begun his highly honored career as the first professor of geology 

 at the Univei-sity of \'ienna. At the Koyal Minei-al Cabinet, Zittel 

 met the distinguished Moritz Hcu-nes, famous for his wide knowletlge 

 of Tertiarv fossils — a knowledge young Zittel nuist have greatly 

 valued because of his own i)revi()us training in the classic Tertiary 

 basin of Paris. At the Technical High School there taught Ferd- 

 inand \()n Ilochstetter, a student of Quenstedt's, and there also lived 

 at A'ieinia the Hnguenot. Ami l>oue. a gi-eat traveler, of profound 

 learninii' but singulai" in jxTson. 



