Vinzenz Maria Gredler

Vinzenz Maria Gredler (30 September 1823, in Telfs near Innsbruck – 4 May 1912, in Bozen) was an Austrian naturalist.

Gredler, who was a Dominican friar, first studied classics (1835–1841) then philosophy and  theology (1842–1848). He then studied natural sciences at the Gymnasium in Halle (1848–1849). Without other qualifications, he succeeded in gaining a natural history diploma. He then served as director of the Franciscan Gymnasium in Bozen from 1849 to 1901.

Gredler wrote 338 publications on various subjects: geology, mineralogy, botany, zoology (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, molluscs, insects), art, anthropology, history, etc. He made numerous excursions in the Tyrol and had a  rich natural history  collection with the aid of the other seminarists and his pupils. This is today conserved in the museum of the Gymnasium of Bolzano (or Museo Tirolese di Scienze Naturali del Ginnasio dei Padri Francescani).

The scientific journal "Gredleriana" is named in his honor.