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• GERHARD
• GERHARD, FRIEDRICH WILHELM EDUARD (1795-1867)

GERHARD VOM See also:

• GERHARD VOM RATH (183o-1888)

RATH (183o-1888)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German mineralogist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Dinsburg in See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 183o . He was educated at See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne, at See also:

• BONN

Bonn University, and finally at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, where he graduated Ph.D. in 1853 . In 1856 he became assistant to Noggerath in the mineralogical museum at Bonn, and succeeded to the directorship in 1872 . Mean-while in 1863 he was appointed extraordinary See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology, and in 1872 he became professor of geology and See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy in the university at Bonn . He was distinguished for his accurate researches on mineralogy and See also:

• CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
• CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (from the Gr. Kpbo TaXXO , ice, and -ypachew, to write)

crystallography; he described a See also:

• GREAT

great many new minerals, some of which were discovered by him, and he contributed largely to our know-ledge of other minerals, notably in an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on See also:

• TRIDYMITE

tridymite . He travelled much in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine and the See also:

• UNITED

United States, and wrote several essays on See also:

• PETROLOGY

petrology, geology and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, on earthquakes and on meteorites . He died at See also:

• COBLENZ (KOBLENZ)

Coblenz on the 23rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1888 . His See also:

• SEPARATE

separate publications included Ein Ausflug each Kalabrien (1871); Der Monzoni See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im sudostlichen See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol (1875); and Durch Italien and Griechenland nach dem Heiligen See also:

• LAND

Land (2 vols., '882) . See Obituary with bibliography by Professor H . Laspeyres, in Sitzungsbericht See also:

• DES

des nat . Vereins der preussischen Rheinlande (1888) .