Ernst Friedrich Glocker
Ernst Friedrich Glocker (born May 1, 1793 in Stuttgart ; † July 18, 1858 , ibid) was a German mineralogist , geologist and paleontologist.
Life
Glocker studied philosophy, theology and natural science in Tübingen . After administering clerical offices in Bulach and Aalen, he studied botany in Halle and mineralogy in Berlin after 1817. In 1819 he completed his habilitation in Breslau and in 1824 became professor of mineralogy and in 1825 prorector at the Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau. In 1830 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1848 he became an honorary member of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg . From 1854 he lived as a private citizen partly in Halle, partly in Görlitz and died on July 18, 1858.
Fonts
- Characteristics of the Silesian mineralogical literature (Breslau 1827–32, 2 vols.)
- About the Jurassic Limestone from Kurowitz (Breslau 1841)
- Comments on Terebrateln (Breslau 1845)
- About some new fossil animal forms from the area of the Carpathian sandstone (Breslau 1850)
- Contributions to the knowledge of the Nordic bed load and its occurrence in the Oder plain around Breslau (Breslau 1854-1856) and
- Geognostic description of the Prussian Upper Lusatia (Görlitz 1858)
Glocker also published numerous initial descriptions of minerals :
- 1831 and 1839 pyrargyrite and barite-cölestin
- 1847 arsenopyrite , halite , liparite , mercury pale ore , sepiolite and sphalerite .
literature
- Gümbel: Glocker, Ernst Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 238-240.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glocker, Ernst Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mineralogist, geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1858 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |