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WAAGEN, WILHELM HEINRICH (1841–1900)

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WAAGEN, WILHELM HEINRICH (1841–1900) , See also:

German palaeontologist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich on the 23rd of See also:

JUNE

June 184'. He was educated at Munich and See also:

Zurich, and through the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of A. See also:

OPPEL, CARL ALBERT (1831–1865)

Oppel he commenced to study the rocks and fossils of the See also:

JURASSIC

Jurassic See also:

SYSTEM

system, and published an See also:

ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay in '865, Versuch einer Allgemeinen See also:

CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

Classification der Schichten See also:

DES

des oberen See also:

Jura. In '87o he joined the See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the See also:

GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey of See also:

India, and was appointed palaeontologist in 1874, but was obliged to retire through See also:

ILL

ill-See also:

HEALTH

health in '875. He published important monographs in the Palaeontologia Indicts on the palaeontology of See also:

Cutch (1873–'876) and the See also:

Salt Range (1879–1883), dealing in the last-named wort: -vith fossils from the See also:

LOWER

Lower See also:

CAMBRIAN

Cambrian to the Trias. In 1879 he was appointed 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 in the German technical high school at See also:

PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, and he became a contributor to the continuation of See also:

BARRANDE, JOACHIM (1799-1883)

Barrande's See also:

GREAT

great See also:

WORK

work on the SystEme Silurien de Bohe"me. In 1890 he became professor of palaeontology at the university of See also:

Vienna, and in '898 the See also:

LYELL, SIR CHARLES (1797-1875)

Lyell See also:

MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal was awarded to him by the Geological Society of See also:

LONDON

London. He died in Vienna on the 24th of See also:

March 1900.

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