Ernst Hassencamp
Ernst Conrad Hassencamp (born October 16, 1824 in Frankenberg , † June 28, 1881 in Fulda ) was a German pharmacist, fossil collector, geologist and paleontologist. He is the father of Robert Hassencamp .
Life
Ernst Hassencamp attended high school in Kassel and studied pharmacy in Marburg and Würzburg, where he received his license to practice medicine with very good grades in 1846. In 1847 he took over the pharmacy in Weyhers . He also studied the geology of the Rhön, especially the fossils in the overburden of the lignite mines in Sieblos and Bischofsheim . This gave him a call to a university in Russia, which he turned down. As early as 1863 he gave up the pharmacy in Weyhers (he suffered from a heart condition) and lived as a pensioner in Fulda and was active in the local natural history association. He published a lot in the writings of the association and in those of the physical-medical society in Würzburg, of which he had been a member since 1850. Among other things, he published on lignite deposits in the Rhön, deposits of Augit and Hornblende in the Rhön, shell limestone in the Rhön, zeolites and the relative age of the volcanic rocks in the Rhön, geology and fossils of the Tertiary in the Rhön (including mussels) and fossil insects in the Rhön .
Several fossils are named after him. His collection went to the Geological-Paleontological Institute in Würzburg, today part of the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology .
Memberships
- Natural Research Society of Bamberg
- April 30, 1881 Corresponding member, Association for Natural History in Cassel
Fonts
- Geognostic-palaeontological investigations on the shell limestone of the Rhön Mountains. In: Verh. Phys.-med. Ges. Würzburg, 3, 1852, pp. 300-311
- About a new ophiuride from the Muschelkalk near Fulda. In: Report of the Association for Natural History in Fulda, IV, 1876, pp. 15-16
- Geological information from the area around Fulda. I. Alluvium, II Young tertiary formations, III Röth. In: Report of the Association for Natural History in Fulda, V, 1878, pp. 21–30
- Geological information from the area around Fulda. VI. The Estherian marl of the Lettenkohle. In: Report of the Association for Natural History in Fulda, VI, 1880, pp. 45–47
literature
- Report of the Association for Natural History Kassel, 1883, p. 5 (biography), archive
Web links
- Hugo Schubert on Hassencamp in the Sieblos Museum (PDF file, 405 kiB )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hassencamp, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hassencamp, Ernst Conrad (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pharmacist, fossil collector, geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1881 |
| Place of death | Fulda |