Karl Friedrich Naumann
1797–1873
German geologist and mineralogist. Professor of crystallography, Freiberg Bergakademie, 1826; professor of geognosy, 1835. Professor of mineralogy and geognosy, University of Leipzig, 1842. Corresponding member of the Academies of Berlin, Munich, Paris, and St Petersburg, and of the Royal Society of London.
Sources
ADB
DSB
EB s.v. Naumann, G. A. C. F.
NDB.
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.
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
