Karl Cäsar von Leonhard
1779–1862
German geologist. Professor of mineralogy, Heidelberg University, 1818–62. Editor of the Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde, 1807–30; joint editor with H. G. Bronn, 1830–62.
Sources
ADB
DSB
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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