See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH ADOLPH See also:

• FRIEDRICH ADOLPH ROEMER (1809-1869)
• ROEMER, OLE (Latinized OLAUS) (1644—1710)

ROEMER (1809-1869)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HILDESHEIM

Hildesheim, in See also:

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

Prussia, on the 14th of See also:

• APRIL

April 18o9 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a lawyer and councillor of the high See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice . In 1845 he became See also:

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

professor, of See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and See also:

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

geology at See also:

• CLAUSTHAL, or KLAUSTIIAL

Clausthal, and in 1862 director of the School of Mines . He first described the Cretaceous and See also:

• JURASSIC

Jurassic strata of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany in elaborate See also:

• WORKS

works entitled See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Versteinerungen See also:

• DES

des Norddeutschen Oolithen-gebirges (1836—39), Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Kreidegebirges (184o—1841) and Die Versteinerungen des Harzgebirges (1843) . He died at Clausthal on the 25th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1869 . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother, CARL See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

FERDINAND VON See also:

• ROEMER, FRIEDRICH ADOLPH (1809-1869)
• ROEMER, OLE (Latinized OLAUS) (1644—1710)

ROEMER (1818.189I), who had been educated for the legal profession at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, also became interested in geology, and abandoning See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in 184o, studied See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science at the university of See also:

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

Berlin, where he graduated Ph.D. in 1842 . Two years later he published his first See also:

• WORK

work, Das Rheinische Ubergangsgebirge (1844), in which he dealt with the older rocks and fossils . In 1845 he paid a visit to See also:

• AMERICA

America, and devoted a See also:

• YEAR

year and a See also:

• HALF

half to a careful study of the geology of See also:

• TEXAS

Texas and other See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern states . He published at See also:

• BONN

Bonn in 1849 a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general work entitled Texas, while the results of his investigations of the Cretaceous rocks and fossils were published three years later in a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise, Die Kreidebildungen von Texas and ihre organischen Einschlilsse (1852), which included also a general See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the geology, and gained for him the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " Father of the geology of Texas . Subsequently he published at See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau Die Silurische See also:

• FAUNA

Fauna des westlichen See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee (186o) . During the preparation of these works he was from 1847 to 1855 " privat-docent " at Bonn, and was then appointed professor of geology, palaeontology and mineralogy in the university of Breslau, a See also:

• POST

post which he held with See also:

• SIGNAL

signal success as a teacher until his See also:

• DEATH

death . As a palaeontologist he made important contributions to our knowledge especially of the invertebrata of the Devonian and older rocks .

He assisted H . G . See also:

• BRONN, HEINRICH GEORG (1800-1862)

Bronn with the third edition of the Lethaea geognostica (1851—56), and subsequently he laboured on an enlarged and revised edition, of which he published one See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section, Lethaea palaeozoica (1876—1883) . In 1862 he was called on to superintend the preparation of a See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of Upper See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia, and the results of his researches were embodied in his Geologie von Oberschlesien (3 vols., 1870) . As a mineralogist he was likewise well known, more particularly by his See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical teachings and by the collection he formed in the Museum at Breslau . He died at Breslau on the 14th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1891 .