Alwin Langenhan

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Alwin Langenhan (born October 17, 1850 in Körner near Mühlhausen , † April 25, 1916 in Friedrichroda ) was a German teacher, writer, fossil collector and amateur paleontologist.

Life

Langenhan was a teacher in Gotha and an official of the Gotha life insurance bank. In 1880 he became district representative for Silesia . From 1894 he lived in Liegnitz and from 1904 in Friedrichroda, where he ran a private natural science museum. He published, among other things, on fossils of the Triassic .

Fonts

  • The petrifications of the colored sandstone , the shell limestone and the Keuper in Thuringia , Gotha 1878
  • with Max Grundey : The Kieslingswald rock and its fossils , 1891
  • The animal and plant life of the moraine mountain ranges of Silesia and their geological character, Schweidnitz 1895
  • A mite to the Kaiser Friedrich Monument, 1899
  • Liegnitz sculptural antiquities. A contribution to the cultural and art history of Lower Silesia, 1902
  • Fauna and flora of the Rotliegend in the area of ​​Friedrichroda in Thuringia, 1905
  • Petrifications of the German Triassic (the Buntsandstein, Muschelkalks and Keupers) compiled based on forty years of collecting activity and autographed after the natural objects, Liegnitz, Scholzsche Kunsthandlung 1903, supplement 1907
  • From the life and love of a stone age family. Taken from prehistory. Romantic story from the Younger Stone Age, 1908
  • Natural history forays into Friedrichroda's surroundings, 1914

Initial descriptions ( valid )

  • Dadocrinus grundeyi LANGENHAN

literature

  • Andreas E. Richter : Alwin Langenhan's "Petrifications of the German Triassic, Leitfossil 2015"

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personal data
SURNAME Langenhan, Alwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paleontologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Grains
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1916
Place of death Friedrichroda