Albín Heinrich

Albin Heinrich (1 March 1785 – 5 April 1864) was a Moravian geologist, educator, and writer of books. He was the curator of the Františkovo museum in Brno for a significant part of his life. Biography

Heinrich was born in Friedland (now Břidličná), Olomouc. Educated at the Altenburg Gymnasium, he went to the University of Vienna where he shifted from a study of the classics to natural sciences. He went on outdoors trips with Josef August Schultes into Austria, Styria, Tyrol and other parts. He then became a private tutor in Krakow continuing to keep in touch with Schultes who moved the Jagiellonian University. A collection of his minerals was lost during the 1809 uprising in Poland although some that he had given Johann Scherschnik were saved. In 1813 he became a substitute teacher at the Catholic Gymnasium in Těšín and replaced Scherschnik after his death the next year. He managed a library and natural history collection and in 1831 he moved to the Brno grammar school. He became a curator of the Franzens Museum in 1832 serving in that position until his resignation in 1850 due to illness.

Heinrich wrote numerous books on minerals. He founded a Wernerian association in 1851.