]> "b. Frauenalp, Baden, Germany 23 Dec 1753, d. Vienna 21 Feb 1832. Austrian horticulturist & traveller; collected in West Indies & Venezuela 1783-85 & at Cape, Mauritius, Reunion & Madagascar with G Scholl 1786-88 for curator, NJ von Jacquin, of Imperial Garden of Emperor Joseph II at Schönbrunn (summer palace of the Habsburgs) on outskirts of Vienna, Austria; keeper Schonbrunn bot garden & menageries 1788~, director 1810~" (vide B. Bates) [collector note: W] Botany Boos, Franz Boos, Franz F. Boos 1753 1832