Leopold von Buch (1774-1853)
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- Name (English)
- Leopold von Buch
- Short name
- Freiherr Christian Leopold von Buch
- Year of birth
- 1774
- Year of death
- 1853
- Short Description
- "Christian Leopold von Buch (April 26, 1774 – March 4, 1853) was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe an der Oder (now a part of Angermünde, Brandenburg) and is remembered as one of the most important contributors to geology in the first half of the nineteenth century. His scientific interest was devoted to a broad spectrum of geological topics: volcanism, petrology, fossils, stratigraphy and mountain formation. His most remembered accomplishment is the scientific definition of the Jurassic system.
He was known as Leopold von Buch." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.11.2019) - Entity Encoding
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