Marianne Klemun

Marianne Klemun is an Austrian science historian, and is a retired associate professor in the Department of Modern History at the University of Vienna. She focuses on the history of field-based sciences and science in museums. In 2022 Klemun was awarded the Mary C. Rabbitt Award by the Geological Society of America and the Carinthian Historical Society's Medal of Honor.

Academic career

Klemun was born in Ruden and attended school in Rinkenberg. She studied history, German language and literature and the history of art, biology and geology at the University of Vienna. She completed her Habilitation in 2002, when she became a professor in the Department of Modern History at the university. Laudatory remarks were given by Christa Ehrmann-Hammerle and Mitchell Ash of the university, Johannes Mattes of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Kurt Schmutzer of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation.

In 2022 Klemun was awarded the Mary C. Rabbitt Award by the Geological Society of America. Klemun's citation noted Klemun's contributions to the study of the history of geology, including publications on Austrian geologist Eduard Suess, the Austrian Geological Institute (Geologische Reichsanstalt), and geology of the Alps. She has published more than 175 papers.

Also in 2022 Klemun was awarded the Carinthian Historical Society's Medal of Honor. She has been a member of the society for more than forty years, organizing exhibitions and writing articles on natural scientists from Carinthia, including Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen and Meinrad Thaurer von Gallenstein.

Selected works Marianne Klemun: Einheit und Vielfalt Franz Ungers (1800–1870) Konzepte der Naturforschung im internationalen Kontext Vienna University Press, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8471-0484-1.

Marianne Klemun, Helga Hühnel: Nikolaus Jacquin (1727–1817) – a naturalist (he) is found. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Vienna University Press, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8471-0710-1.