About Hermann Emmrich
Lived 1815 – 1879 (aged 63). Hermann Emmrich was a German paleontologist, geologist, secondary school teacher and head teacher.
Hermann Friedrich Emmrich (Meiningen, February 7, 1815 – Meiningen, 24 January 1879) was a German geologist.
He received his Ph.D. in philosophy and taught at the Institute of Meiningen (Henfling-Gymnasium Meiningen).
He described the trilobite genera Phacops, Odontopleura and Trinucleus.
He published Zur Naturgeschichte der Trilobiten (On the natural history of trilobites) in 1839 and Geologischem Geschichte des Alpes (Geological history of the Alps) in 1874.
The trilobite genus Emmrichops was named in his honor.
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Who was Hermann Emmrich?
German paleontologist (1815–1879)
When was Hermann Emmrich born?
Hermann Emmrich was born on 7 February 1815 in Meiningen.
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Hermann Emmrich died on 24 January 1879 in Meiningen.
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Hermann Emmrich was a paleontologist, geologist, secondary school teacher and head teacher.
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Hermann Emmrich was German.
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