Aleksander Zawadzki (naturalist)

Aleksander Zawadzki
Faculty of Brno Technical College in 1864, seated sixth from left is Alexander Zawadzki and ninth is Gregor Mendel
Born	Józef Antoni Zawadzki (1798-05-06)6 May 1798 Bielitz, Austrian Silesia
Died	5 June 1868(1868-06-05) (aged 70) Brno, Austria-Hungary
Citizenship	Austrian
Occupation	Naturalist

Aleksander Zawadzki born Józef Antoni Zawadzki (6 May 1798 in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia – 6 May 1868 in Brno) was a Polish naturalist, author of flora and fauna lists of the Galicia region and the neighbourhood of Lviv (Polish: Lwów). He was also the first scientist who studied and catalogued the beetles and butterflies of Eastern Galicia. He was responsible for encouraging Gregor Mendel to study genetics at Brno.