Arnold of Lasaulx

Arnold Constantin Peter Franz von Lasaulx (born July 18, 1839 in Kastellaun , † January 25, 1886 in Bonn ) was a mineralogist and geologist.

Life

Arnold von Lasaulx initially devoted himself to mining practice. From 1861 he studied geology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . In 1862 he was reciprocated in the Corps Saxonia Bonn (xxx, x, x, x). As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . In 1865 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1869 he completed his habilitation in Bonn. In 1875 he went to the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Breslau as associate professor . In 1880 he was appointed to the chair at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . In the same year he moved to Bonn, where he died at the age of 46.

The aetna

Petrographic studies on the volcanic rocks of the Auvergne (Stuttgart 1868–71);
The Herzogenrath earthquake on October 22, 1873 (Bonn 1874);
The Herzogenrath earthquake on June 24, 1877 (Bonn 1878);
Elements of petrography (Bonn 1875);
About Vulcan Force (nd Engl. From Mallet, that. 1875);
From Ireland, travel sketches and studies (Bonn 1877);
Sicily. A geographical character picture (Bonn 1879);
Etna , after Sartorius v. Waltershausen's posthumous manuscripts independently edited, edited and completed (Leipzig 1880);
The building blocks of Cologne Cathedral (Bonn 1882);
Introduction to rock theory (Berl. 1886); the small fonts:
Ireland and Sicily (Berlin 1883) and
How the Siebengebirge came into being (1884).

personal data
SURNAME	Lasaulx, Arnold of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lasaulx, Arnold Constantin Peter Franz von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mineralogist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kastellaun
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1886
Place of death	Bonn