Harry Rosenbusch

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Nationality German Education Heidelberg University Fields petrography Notable awards Wollaston Medal		Awards Wollaston Medal Name Harry Rosenbusch

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.)

References

Harry Rosenbusch Wikipedia

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