780 KARL ALFRED VON ZITTEL, 



lisher with C Leoiihard of Xeiies Jahi-hnr-h fiir j\[ineralo<2,ie, 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 ISOO at Paris. 

 Here he met the venerabk> Elie de Beaumont, who, with Dufrenoy, 

 worked for eighteen years on the fii-st geological map of France. Of 

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

 his admirable field Avork and his writings concerning the age and 

 origin of mountain systems." Around lieauuiont and Edmond 

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

 gathered many of the geologists of France — Eudes Deslongchamps, 

 Albert Gaudry, Xunier-Chalmas, aiul others. All these became the 

 friends of the young (lerman, and remained so. As Zittel esj^ecially 

 cherished this attachment, the}^ rewarded his loyalty with their 

 loyalty. As })roof of their high estimation of him he was elected 

 in 1898 vice-iiresident of the Oeological Societ}^ 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 voi; Haidinger, the founder of 

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

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

 Suess has written, " He was 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. With 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 

 numy a ' ja, ja, ja,' he would endeavor to stinndate 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 

 indelibl}' impress upon the listener how much there is to work for in 

 this beautiful world, and how much van be accomi^lished by united 

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

 tory Institute of Vienna were Franz von Hauer, the geologist par 

 excellence of Austria, Dionys Stur, Johann Cczjzek, Fotterle, Guido 

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

 just begun his highl}^ honored career as the first professor of geology 

 at the University of Vienna. At the Koyal Mineral Cabinet, Zittel 

 met the distinguished Moritz Homes, famous for his wide knowledge 

 of Tertiary fossils — a knowledge young Zittel nuist have greatly 

 valued because of his own ])revious training in the classic Tertiary 

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

 inand von TTochstetter, a student of (v)uenstedt's, and there also lived 

 at \'ienn;i the Huguenot. Ami lioue, a great traveler, of profound 

 learnini;" bnl singular in jx'i'son. 



