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German petrographer

Harry Rosenbusch
Harry Rosenbusch
Born 24 June 1836Einbeck
Died 20 January 1914 (1914-01-21) (aged 77)Heidelberg
Nationality German
Alma mater Universität Freiburg
Awards Wollaston Medal (1903)
Scientific career
Fields petrography
Institutions Heidelberg University
Thesis Der Nephelinit vom Katzenbuckel (1869)
Doctoral advisor Heinrich Fischer
Doctoral students Victor Mordechai GoldschmidtFrederick Eugene Wright

(Karl) Heinrich/Harry (Ferdinand) Rosenbusch[1] (24 June 1836 – 20 January 1914) was a German petrographer.

Harry Rosenbusch was born in Einbeck. He taught at Heidelberg University (1877–1908), where he founded the Mineralogisches-geologisches Institut. He died, aged 77, in Heidelberg.[2]

He received the 1903 Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London.[3]

  1. ^ Also known as Karl Heinrich/Harry Rosenbusch, or H. F. Rosenbusch
  2. ^ "Obituary. Karl H. F. Rosenbusch". Geological Magazine. 51: 140–141. 1914. doi:10.1017/s0016756800138269.
  3. ^ "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36974. London. 10 January 1903. p. 6.