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COUNT ZU GEORG MONSTER (1776-1844)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 11 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COUNT ZU GEORG See also:MONSTER (1776-1844)  , See also:German palaeontologist, was See also:born on the 17th of See also:February 1776 . He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian See also:state, and formed the See also:nucleus of the palaeontological museum at See also:Munich . See also:Count See also:Munster assisted See also:Goldfuss in his See also:great See also:work Petrefacta Germaniae . He died at See also:Bayreuth on the 23rd of See also:December 1844 .

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