Schams Franz Josef

The Bohemian-born pharmacist and viticulturist Franz Josef Schams, alias Ferenc Schams (1780-1839), ran a pharmacy in the fortress of Peterwardein (a district of Novi Sad in Serbia) and also developed scientific and agricultural activities. Through his eagerness to experiment, he discovered a dye in the water lily, which was used in the local textile industry. In 1817 he gave up his profession as an apothecary and settled in Pest (Budapest), Hungary, where he concentrated exclusively on viticulture in the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy. Schams edited the first Hungarian oenological newspaper "Magyarország Bortermesztéséts Kézitését Tárgyazó Folyóirás" (Journal of Viticulture and Winemaking in Hungary and Transylvania), founded a viticulture school in Ofen (Budapest) and also earned great merits for viticulture and varietal studies through his publications. His topographical descriptions of Ofen and Pest are considered valuable sources for the history of the Hungarian capital.

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