Franz Antoine Explained

Franz Antoine
Birth Date:23 February 1815
Birth Place: on the Löwelbastei, Vienna
Death Place:Vienna
Nationality:Austrian
Fields:Horticulture, Gardening, Botany
Known For:Authority on the botanical family Bromeliaceae
Author Abbrev Bot:Antoine

Franz Antoine (23 February 1815 in the on the Löwelbastei, Vienna  - 11 March 1886) was an Austrian horticulturalist and gardener.

From 1865 he was director of royal gardens to the Austrian/Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He was an authority on the botanical family Bromeliaceae, and was also an avid photographer. His photographs of still lifes, plants and scenes of Vienna were presented at exhibitions in Vienna (1864, 1873) and Paris (1867). Among his written works were the following:

His father, Franz Antoine the Elder (1768-1834), was also a gardener to Austrian royalty, with a gardener's residencethe younger Franz' birthplacein the garden, now part of the Volksgarten, Vienna.