▁Bapt ist ▁E manuel ▁P ohl . ▁ ▁Biography ▁He ▁earned ▁his ▁medical ▁doctor ate ▁from ▁Vienna ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 8 , ▁but ▁also ▁studied ▁bot any , ▁min eral ogy ▁and ▁zo ology ▁at ▁the ▁university . ▁For ▁a ▁brief ▁period ▁of ▁time ▁he ▁assist ed ▁his ▁uncle , ▁Joseph ▁Ludwig ▁von ▁Sch reib ers , ▁with ▁his ▁medical ▁practice ▁in ▁Vienna . ▁As ▁a ▁young ▁man , ▁he ▁also ▁tou red ▁museum s ▁throughout ▁Europe . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 2 ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁assistant ▁of ▁natural ▁history ▁and ▁agricult ural ▁sciences ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Vienna . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 6 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁V ienn ese ▁natural ▁history ▁collections ▁( N atural ien k ab in ette ), ▁which ▁became ▁his ▁life ' s ▁work . ▁ ▁Sch reib ers ▁was ▁involved ▁with ▁all ▁aspects ▁of ▁natural ▁sciences , ▁and ▁he ▁emb ark ed ▁upon ▁total ▁organiz ational ▁over ha ul ▁of ▁the ▁museum ' s ▁natural ▁history ▁collections . ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁as ▁director , ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁museum ' s ▁library ▁grew ▁from ▁a ▁few ▁scientific ▁books ▁to ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁over ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁volumes . ▁Here , ▁he ▁stored ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁his ▁personal ▁research ▁work , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁meteor ites ▁— ▁Sch reib ers ' ▁main ▁interest ▁of ▁study . ▁On ▁ 3 1 ▁October ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁some ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁collections ▁of ▁the