
Language
de
Duration
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2005-09-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1784–1866
A self-taught German mineralogist, geologist, and ethnographer, he turned a successful legal career into a life of scientific curiosity. He is remembered for helping shape early geological study in Germany through ambitious mapping, writing, and collecting.
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