Johann Reinhard Blum

Johann Reinhard Blum

Johann Reinhard Blum (born October 28, 1802 in Hanau ; † August 21, 1883 in Heidelberg ) was a German mineralogist .

Life

Between 1821 and 1825, Blum completed a political education at the universities in Heidelberg and Marburg. He then began studying mineralogy in Heidelberg, where he received his doctorate and qualified as a professor in 1828. In 1838 he received an extraordinary and in 1856 a full professorship for mineralogy in Heidelberg. He was a member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors . He was a founding member of the Upper Rhine Geological Association .

Blum was a member of the extinct corps Hassia Heidelberg (1821) and Hassia Marburg (1824).

He is buried in the Heidelberg Bergfriedhof .

Publications

• Lithurgics or minerals and rock types are dealt with systematically according to their application in economic, artistic and technical terms . E. Schweizerbart's publishing house , Stuttgart 1840
• Text-book of oryctognosia ; Stuttgart 1854
• The Mineraliencabinet of the University of Heidelberg ; Heidelberg 1869
• Handbook of lithology or rock theory ; Erlangen 1860
• The pseudomorphoses of the mineral kingdom ; Heidelberg 1879

literature

• Karl von Zittel:  Blum, Reinhard Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 22 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.ogv-online.de/geschichte
3. ↑ Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857
4. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 160 , 167; 114 , 47

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