Carl von Theodori

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Carl von Theodori (born November 21, 1788 in Landshut , † November 2, 1857 in Munich ) was a German paleontologist and administrative lawyer.

Life

Like his father, Theodori was in the service of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1813 to 1834 as cabinet secretary in Bamberg) and from 1834 in the service of Max Joseph in Bavaria in Munich as a chancellery and secret secretary.

In Banz Monastery , which belonged to his employer Wilhelm in Bavaria from 1813, he began collecting fossils from the Jura there, where he teamed up with the local pastor August Andreas Geyer and regularly spent the summer there in Banz Monastery. With Geyer he founded the paleontological collection at Banz Monastery. He also drew the finds himself, corresponded with specialist scholars and published on paleontology and geology.

He first described the pterosaur Dorygnathus , which he called Ornithocephalus banthensis. He was an honorary doctor (Dr. phil.).

Fonts

  • Bones of the pterodactylus from the Lias formation by Banz, Frorieps Notes für Natur- und Heilkunde, n.632, 1830 (101 pages)
  • About the bones of the genus Pterodactylus from the Lias formation in the area of ​​Banz Okens Isis, 3, 1831, 276-281
  • About the pterodactylus bones in the Lias von Banz reports of the natural research association Bamberg, 1, 1852, pp. 17-44

literature

  • O. Kuhn: Carl von Theodori, paleontologist 1788-1857. Report of the Natural Research Society in Bamberg, 56, 1981, pp. 6-11

References and comments

  1. ↑ survival data by Bruno Frey Berg: The geological literature on north-eastern Bavaria (1476-1965) Part II: Biographical Authors register Geologica Bavarica 71, Bavarian State Office of Geology 1974
personal data
SURNAME Theodori, Carl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paleontologist and administrative lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1857
Place of death Munich