Count Georg Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm zu Münster (German: Georg Graf zu Münster; 17 February 1776 – 23 December 1844) was a German paleontologist.
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Biography edit
Münster was born on 17 February 1776,[1] in Langelage near Osnabrück. In 1800, he became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth.[citation needed] He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian state, and formed the nucleus of the palaeontological museum at Munich.[1]
Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae.[1] Louis Agassiz and Georges Cuvier visited him at Bayreuth, where he donated them part of his collection.[citation needed] He died in Bayreuth on 23 December 1844.[1]
The Graf-Münster-Gymnasium in Bayreuth, the largest school in Bayreuth,[2] founded in 1833,[3] was named in his honour.
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Notes edit
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Münster, Georg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 11.
Further reading edit
- Gümbel, Wilhelm von (1886), "Münster, Georg Graf zu", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 27–29
- Viohl, Günther (1997), "Münster, Georg Graf zu", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 18, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 537–538
External links edit
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100117150328/http://www.barnick.de/bt/wer/grafmuenster.htm
- http://did.mat.uni-bayreuth.de/~gmg/info/muenster/muenster.html
- http://fossilien-news.blog.de/?tag=georg-graf-zu-m%FCnster[permanent dead link]
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