Emma Richter

Emma Richter (* as Emma Hüther, March 4, 1888 in Groß Steinheim near Hanau ; † November 15, 1956 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German paleontologist who dealt in particular with trilobites .

Emma Richter grew up in Schwäbisch Hall and came to Frankfurt am Main around 1900, where she attended the teachers' seminar and then became a teacher (with the original intention of studying geology and paleontology). In 1913 she married the palaeontologist Rudolf Richter , with whom she later worked closely at the Senckenberg Nature Museum (where she herself, however, already worked as a volunteer), whose director Rudolf Richter was. With her husband, she wrote numerous essays on trilobites and was a leading expert in this field, benefiting from a good memory of shapes, drawing skills and great technical skill in dissecting. She died a few weeks before her husband.

With Rudolf Richter she published over 70 joint scientific papers, almost all of them on trilobites and their use in stratigraphy. She also managed the paleontological collections of the Senckenberg Society.

In 1949 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Tübingen . In 1934 she became an honorary member of the Paleontological Society .

The couple lived in Eschersheim and had a daughter born in 1924.

literature

Willi Ziegler : Richter, Emma, née Hüther. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 521 ( digitized version ).
W. Simon, Rudolf and Emma Richter, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 31, 1957, 111–115 (obituary)

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personal data
SURNAME	Judge, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hüther, Emma (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 4, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Groß Steinheim near Hanau
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1956
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main