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AT meetings of the Vienna Academy of Sciences held on May 30 and 31, Dr. Hans Molisch, emeritus professor of plant anatomy and physiology in the University of Vienna, was elected a vice-president, and Dr. Anton Eiselsberg, emeritus professor of surgery in the University of Vienna, was made an honorary member of the Academy. In addition to various Austrian members, the following foreign elections were made: Dr. Franz Kossmat, professor of geology in the University of Leipzig Dr. E. B. Wilson, professor of biology at Columbia University Dr. Michael Rostovtzeff, professor of ancient history and classical archology at Yale University Dr. Hugo Obermaier, professor of ancient history at the University of Madrid, and Dr. Norbert Krebs, professor of geography at the University of Berlin, to be corresponding foreign members and Dr. Friedrich Meinecke, professor of history at the University of Berlin Dr. Eduard Schwartz, professor of classical philology at the University of Munich, and Dr. Jakob Wackernagel, professor of classical philology at the University of Basle, to be honorary foreign members. The following awards of prizes were also announced: The Ignaz L. Lieben prize, jointly to Dr. Georg Koller for his work on the acids of lichens and Dr. Alois Zincke for his researches on perylene the Haitinger prize to Dr. Otto Redlich for his investigations on the constitution of water and aqueous solutions the Hansgirg prize to Dr. Hans Krumpholz for his determinations of the positions of double stars and comets the Rudolf Wegscheider prize to Dr. Fritz Wessely for his work on glucosides, flavones, and natural coumarins and the Fritz Pregl prize to Dr. Moriz Niessner for his micro-analytical investigations on alloys.
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Vienna Academy of Sciences. Nature 130, 122–123 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130122c0
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