August von Klipstein

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August Wilhelm von Klipstein (born June 7, 1801 in Hohensolms , † April 15, 1894 in Gießen ) was a German geologist, paleontologist and mineralogist.

Life

Klipstein, the son of the chief forest director Philipp Engel von Klipstein (1777–1866), studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-University . In 1821 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg . After that he was at the Forest Science School in Fulda and the Hessian Ludwig University of Gießen until 1822 . In 1828 he received his doctorate in Erlangen. After that he was a district forester. In 1831 he became a teacher for practical forest science at the University of Giessen and in 1836 professor for mineralogy and geology. He was a member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors .

From a sand pit leased by him in Eppelsheim, he and his friend Johann Jakob Kaup recovered the first upper skull of a dinotherium in 1835 , which at that time caused a sensation as a terrifying beast. He himself owned an extensive collection of fossils, especially from the Triassic of St. Cassian . After his death it was scattered (to Darmstadt, Bremen, London, Vienna, Budapest).

Fonts

  • Overview of geology: for the sake of his lectures, Gießen 1833
  • Contributions to the geological knowledge of the Eastern Alps: with geognostic and petrefactological tables, Gießen: Heyer 1843
  • Geognostic remarks on a trip through Saxony and Bohemia: a letter to Privy Councilor from Leonhard von Dr. A. Klipstein; with two colored plates, Darmstadt: Leske 1833
  • Geological fragments from the diary of a journey through Baiern to the eastern Alps, G. Reimer 1842
  • Geognostic representation of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the Royal Prussian District of Wetzlar and adjacent parts of the country with consideration for the country's culture, especially mining. 1, northwestern main division: District between the Dill and the Salzboden, Frankfurt am Main: Heyer 1854

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 64 , 36.
  2. ↑ Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857
  3. ↑ Palaeontological Collection, University of Bremen ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , with biographies of the collectors  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geosammlung.uni-bremen.de
personal data
SURNAME Klipstein, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klipstein, August Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist, paleontologist and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohensolms
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1894
Place of death to water