August Heinrich Ernst (Ernst) Beyrich
1815–96
German geologist and palaeontologist. One of the founding members of the German geological society, 1848. Professor of geology, University of Berlin, 1865. First director of the Museum für Naturkunde, 1873. Prussian state geologist, 1873.
Sources
DBE
NDB
Sarjeant 1980–96.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
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–.
Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.
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