Carl Wilhelm Casimir Fuchs
Carl Wilhelm Casimir Fuchs (born September 15, 1837 in Mannheim , † July 26, 1886 in Karlsruhe ) was a German geologist , mineralogist and botanist . From 1876 he was an associate professor for geology at the University of Heidelberg .
Life
His parents were Friedrich Fuchs and Caroline Luise Juliane geb. Dyckerhoff (1809-1872). During his studies he became a member of the Schwarzburgbund - Association of Burschenschaft Germania Göttingen in the winter semester of 1857/58 .
His testamentary donation of 20,000 gold marks (purchasing power 2011: approx. € 350,000) was earmarked for the city of Mannheim for the construction of the later Lower Luisenpark , the oldest part of today's large park. He set the same amount for the construction of his mausoleum.
In his honor there is a boulder in the Lower Luisenpark with the text: “Prof. Dr. Carl Wilhelm Casimir Fuchs, natural scientist, founder of the foundation for the Luisenpark, 1837 - 1886 ”.
The inscription on his honorary grave in the mausoleum in Mannheim's main cemetery reads: “To the honored fellow citizen resting here, Professor Dr. Karl Wilh. Kasimir Fuchs keeps grateful memories of 'The City of Mannheim'.
Publications
- The volcanic phenomena of the earth, winter, Leipzig 1865
- Instructions for determining the minerals, Heidelberg, editions of 1868, 1875, 1890 and 1898
- 3rd edition / reworked, possibly u. exp. by Aug. Streng. - Giessen: Ricker, 1890. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- The artificially represented minerals, classified according to G. Rose 's Krystallo-chemical mineral systems: Haarlem (Holland), De Erven Loosjes, 1872 (an award document awarded by the Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem on May 20, 1871)
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- The Library, Curtis Schuh's Biobibliogarphy of Mineralogy
- Open Library beta
- The cemeteries in Mannheim, signposts to the graves of well-known Mannheim personalities: Mannheim 1992.
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold Petri (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. Fourth edition, Bremerhaven 1908, p. 149, no. 140.
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SURNAME | Fuchs, Carl Wilhelm Casimir |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist, mineralogist and botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1837 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1886 |
Place of death | Karlsruhe |