Ludwig Heinrich Jeitteles (1830–83)

Austrian palaeontologist and zoologist. Studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna. Taught in various secondary schools 1856–70, then at teacher-training colleges in Salzburg, 1870–4 and Vienna, 1874–83. In 1858, travelled to Upper Hungary as a representative of the Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, to study the effects of the earthquake of 15 January 1858.