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Harry Rosenbusch

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Nationality
  
German

Education
  
Heidelberg University

Fields
  
petrography

Notable awards
  
Wollaston Medal

Awards
  
Wollaston Medal

Name
  
Harry Rosenbusch


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Died
  
January 20, 1914, Heidelberg, Germany

Books
  
Microscopical physiography of the rock-making minerals

Institutions
  
Heidelberg University

(Karl) Heinrich/Harry (Ferdinand) Rosenbusch, Karl Heinrich/Harry Rosenbusch, or H. F. Rosenbusch (June 24, 1836 – January 20, 1914) was a German petrographer.

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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.

Literary works

  • Mikroskopische Physiographie der petrographisch wichtigen Mineralien, 1873
  • Mikroskopische Physiographie der Mineralien und Gesteine, 4 Vols., 1873-1877
  • Elemente der Gesteinsehre, 1898
  • Mikroskopische Physiographie (4th ed., Stuttgart, 1909, 2 vols.)

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