Carl Justus Andrae
Carl Justus Andrae , also Karl (Carl) Justus Andrä, (born November 1, 1817 in Naumburg (Saale) , † May 8, 1885 in Bonn ) was a German paleobotanist , geologist and mineralogist .
Life
Andrae received her doctorate in Bonn , where she became a private lecturer (after habilitation in Halle) and associate professor of geology and paleontology. He was also the curator of the mineral collection. In 1851 he collected fossil plants in Transylvania .
In addition to publications in palaeobotany, he also wrote a textbook on mineralogy and mineral determination (oryctognosy), a geological map of Halle and a description of the geology of the Magdeburg area.
For a long time he was secretary of the Natural History Association of the Prussian Rhineland. The association also received his legacy to its herbarium .
Fonts
- Explanatory text for the geognostic map of Halle, Halle 1850.
- The geognostic conditions of Magdeburg with regard to the hard coal question, Magdeburg 1851.
- Textbook of oryctognosia, Braunschweig 1864.
- Pre-worldly plants from the coal mountains of the Prussian Rhineland and Westphalia, Bonn: A. Henry 1865 to 1869.
- Contributions to the knowledge of the fossil flora of Transylvania and the Banate, 1855.
literature
- Razvan Givulescu, Ludwig Rüffle, Rudolf Gaedeke: On the importance of the paleobotanical investigations of the mineralogist and paleontologist Carl Justus Andrae (November 1, 1816 - May 8, 1885), Hercynia, Volume 27, 1990, Issue 4.
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| SURNAME | Andrae, Carl Justus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andrä, Karl Justus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mineralogist and paleobotanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg (Saale) , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1885 |
| Place of death | Bonn , Germany |