Harry Rosenbusch
German mineralogist and petrologist at Heidelberg University
About Harry Rosenbusch
Lived 1836 – 1914 (aged 77). Harry Rosenbusch was a German geologist, mineralogist, pedagogue and university teacher.
(Karl) Heinrich/Harry (Ferdinand) Rosenbusch (24 June 1836 – 20 January 1914) was a German petrographer.
Harry Rosenbusch was born in Einbeck. He taught at Heidelberg University (1877–1908), where he founded the Mineralogisches-geologisches Institut. He died, aged 77, in Heidelberg.
He received the 1903 Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London.
Literary works Mikroskopische Physiographie der petrographisch wichtigen Mineralien, 1873 Mikroskopische Physiographie der Mineralien und Gesteine, 4 Vols., 1873–1877 Elemente der Gesteinslehre, 1898 Mikroskopische Physiographie (4th ed., Stuttgart, 1909, 2 vols.)
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Who was Harry Rosenbusch?
German mineralogist and petrologist at Heidelberg University (1836–1914)
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Harry Rosenbusch was born on 24 June 1836 in Einbeck.
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Harry Rosenbusch died on 20 January 1914 in Heidelberg.
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Harry Rosenbusch was a geologist, mineralogist, pedagogue and university teacher.
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Harry Rosenbusch was German.
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