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Georg zu Münster

German paleontologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Georg zu Münster
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Count Georg Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm zu Münster (German: Georg Graf zu Münster; 17 February 1776 23 December 1844) was a German paleontologist.

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Georg Graf zu Münster

Biography

Münster was born on 17 February 1776[1] in Langelage, near Osnabrück. In 1800, he reportedly became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth. He assembled a renowned fossil collection, which was eventually acquired by the Bavarian state and became the foundation of the palaeontological museum in Munich.[1]

Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae.[1] Louis Agassiz and Georges Cuvier are said to have visited him at Bayreuth, where he reportedly donated part of his collection to them.[2] He died in Bayreuth on 23 December 1844.[1]

The Graf-Münster-Gymnasium in Bayreuth, the city's largest school [3], was founded in 1833[4] and named in his honour.

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