Henry Schröder
Henry Schröder (born May 31, 1859 in Pillau , † October 24, 1927 ) was a German geologist and paleontologist.
Life
Schröder went to school in Koenigsberg (Prussia) and received his doctorate there in 1882 (Senone chalk debris from the provinces of East and West Prussia). Schröder was at the Prussian Geological State Institute (PGLA) in Berlin from 1883 to 1924 . He was a regional geologist there and from 1920 head of the collections and the library. He rearranged the paleontological collection from a stratigraphic point of view.
In 1882 Henry Schröder became a member of the German Geological Society , in the founding year 1912 a member of the Paleontological Society and a few years later a member of the Geological Association .
In 1897 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
He published on fossil elephants and rhinos from the Ice Age, on notosaurs and temnospondyls from the Triassic, and marine crocodiles from the Lower Cretaceous and mosasaurs .
Fonts
- About senone chalk debris of the provinces of East and West Prussia, magazine of the German Geolog. Ges., 34, 1882, 243-287
- Dinosaur remains from the Baltic Upper Cretaceous, JB PGLA, 5, 1885, 293–333
- Vertebrates of the Rüdersdorfer Triassic. In: Treatises of the Royal Prussian State Geological Institute, New Series 65, 1914, pp. 1-98
- About Rhinoceros mercki and its North and Central German sites, treatises PGLA, NF, 124, 1930, 1–111
- with Theodor Schmierer, W. Dienemann: Zwei diluviale Faunen von Sondenhausen, PGLA Yearbook, Volume 48, 1928, 785–794
- About Elephas antiquus and trogontherii from the Diluvium der Mittelmark, PGLA yearbook, 48, 1928, 699–723
literature
- Obituary by Theodor Schmierer in Jb. PGLA, 48, for 1927, Berlin 1928, p. LVI-LXVII
Web links
- PGLA geologist list
- Literature by and about Henry Schröder in the catalog of the German National Library
References and comments
- ^ Membership directory of the German Geological Society v. March 1922
- ^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914
- ^ Members of the Geological Association, as of January 1, 1919
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Henry Carl Schroeder
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schroeder, Henry |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schroeder, Henry |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and paleontologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1859 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pillau |
DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1927 |