Emma Richter

Emma Richter (, 4 March 1888 – 15 November 1956) was a German paleontologist. She is best known for her work concerning Trilobites. She was an honorary member of the Paleontological Society of America and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Tübingen.

Life and career

Richter was born in Steinheim on 4 May 1888. She was educated at the Elisabethenschule in Frankfurt am Main, and then trained as a teacher. The pair were based at the University of Frankfurt, and went on to publish more than 70 joint works over the next forty years. Richter also supervised doctoral students of her husband.

Richter died on 15 November 1956,

Family

Richter married Rudolf Richter, a fellow paleontologist, in 1913, and they had one daughter.