Georg zu Münster
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Count Georg zu Münster (German: Georg Graf zu Münster; February 17, 1776 – December 23, 1844) was a German paleontologist.
Contents |
[edit] Life
Münster was born in Langelage near Osnabrück. In 1800, he became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth. He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian state, and formed the nucleus of the palaeontological museum at Munich. [1]
Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae. Louis Agassiz and Georges Cuvier visited him at Bayreuth, where he donated them part of his collection. He died in Bayreuth.
The Graf-Münster-Gymnasium in Bayreuth was named after him.
[edit] References
- Attribution
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Münster, Georg". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
[edit] External links
- Gümbel, Wilhelm von (1886) (in German). "Münster, Georg Graf zu". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 23. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 27–29.
- Viohl, Günther: Münster, Georg Graf zu. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 18. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, p. 537 f. (German)
[edit] External links
- http://www.barnick.de/bt/wer/grafmuenster.htm
- http://did.mat.uni-bayreuth.de/~gmg/info/muenster/muenster.html
- http://fossilien-news.blog.de/?tag=georg-graf-zu-m%FCnster
 |
This article about a paleontologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  |
This article about a German scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
