Carl Friedrich von Schauroth

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Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Schauroth (born October 26, 1818 in Reichelshof near Schweinfurt (today: Schonungen OT Reichelshof), † March 21, 1893 in Coburg ) was a German geologist and paleontologist .

Life

Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Schauroth was the son of the fortress and town commander of Coburg and, after graduating from high school in Coburg, studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg from 1837 and then from 1839 mathematics, chemistry, physics and mineralogy at the University of Heidelberg with his doctorate in 1840 ( Die Grubenwetter ). Then he was entrusted with the inventory of the natural objects collection and library as a chamberlain to Duke Ernst I of Coburg . In 1844 he became director of the ducal art and natural history cabinet. In 1881 he resigned as director as he became increasingly blind.

Research priorities

He dealt with the stratigraphy and paleontology of the Zechstein and the Triassic, examining the Germanic Triassic as well as the Alpine Triassic (Muschelkalk from the Recoaro area , Vicentine Alps ). He expanded the collection of rocks, minerals and fossils started by Duke Franz Friedrich Anton von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and his successors in the natural history cabinet of the Duke of Coburg and was its first director until 1881. Today it forms the Schauroth Collection in the Coburg Natural History Museum .

Initial descriptions ( valid )

  • Voltzia coburgensis SCHAUROTH, 1852
    • Locus typicus : " Area around Coburg"
    • Stratum typicum: "from the middle Keupersandstone"

Memberships

Fonts

  • Overview of the geological conditions of the Duchy of Coburg and the adjacent parts of the country as an explanation of the geological map , 1853
  • List of minerals in the Ducal Natural History Cabinet in Coburg , Dietzsche Hofdruckerei Coburg 1861 (3883 minerals are described)
  • List of fossils in the Ducal Natural History Cabinet in Coburg No.-1-4328 , Dietzsche Hofdruckerei, Coburg 1865
  • About the occurrence of the 'Semionotus Bergeri' in Keuper near Coburg. In: Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 3, 1851, pp. 405-410
  • About the occurrence of Voltzia coburgensis in the middle Keupersandstone . In: Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 4, 1852, pp. 538-544
  • The remains of the Lettenkohlen formation of the Grand Duchy of Coburg . In: Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 9, 1857, pp. 85–148
  • Overview of the geognostic conditions in the area of ​​Recoaro in the Vicentine region. In: Meeting reports Akad. Wiss. Vienna, Math.-Naturw. Class, Volume 17, 1854, 481
  • Critical register of the fossils of the Triassic in Vicentine. In: Meeting reports Akad. Wiss. Vienna 1859, pp. 283–356, plates 1–3

literature

  • M. White: Dr. Friedrich Carl Freiherr von Schauroth (1st Director of the Ducal Natural History Cabinet in Coburg), Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation, Volume 35, 1990, pp. 237–278
  • Obituary in the negotiations of the Vienna Geological Institute, 1893, pp. 211–212

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory of members of the German Geological Society 1878 digitized
  2. ^ Members of the natural research society in Bamberg, status May 1860 In: Fifth report of the natural research society in Bamberg, Reindl, Bamberg 1861 p. XI archive
personal data
SURNAME Schauroth, Carl Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schauroth, Carl Friedrich Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichelshof near Schweinfurt
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1893
Place of death Coburg