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LEHMANN, JOHANN GOTTLOB (?-1767)

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LEHMANN, JOHANN GOTTLOB (?-1767) , See also:

German mineralogist and geologist, was educated at See also:

Berlin where he took his degree of See also:

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

MEDICINE

medicine. He became a teacher of See also:

MINERALOGY

mineralogy and See also:

MINING

mining in that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, and was afterwards (1761) appointed See also:

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

professor of See also:

chemistry and director of the imperial museum at St See also:

PETERSBURG

Petersburg. While distinguished for his chemical and mineralogical researches, he may also be regarded as one of the pioneers in See also:

GEOLOGICAL

geological investigation. Although he accepted the view of a universal See also:

DELUGE, THE (through the Fr. from Lat. diluvium, flood, diluere, to wash away)

deluge, he gave in 1756 careful descriptions of the rocks and stratified formations in See also:

Prussia, and introduced the now See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar terms Zechstein and See also:

ROTHES, EARLS OF

Rothes Todtliegendes (Rothliegende) for subdivisions of the strata since grouped as See also:

PERMIAN

Permian. His See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief observations were published in Versuch einer Geschichte von Flotz-Geburgen, betre$end deren Entstehung, Lage, darinne befindliche Metallen, Mineralien and Fossilien (1756). He died at St Petersburg on the 22nd of See also:

JANUARY

January 1767.

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