John Xantus
Hungarian naturalist
John Xantus de Vesey a.k.a. de Csíktaplócza was a Hungarian exile and zoologist. Xantus was born Xántus János, in Csokonya, Somogy, Hungary.
Trained as a lawyer, he served as an officer in the nationalist uprisings of 1848–1849 in the Hungarian... Wikipedia
Born: October 5, 1825, Hungary
Died: December 13, 1894 (age 69 years), Budapest, Hungary
Education: A Ciszterci Rend Nagy Lajos Gimnáziuma (1843) and Czuczor Gergely Benedictine High School and College