Carl Ludwig Fridolin (Fridolin) Sandberger
1826–98
German geologist, palaeontologist, and mineralogist. Studied at Bonn, Heidelberg, Marburg, and Gießen, where he received his PhD in 1846. Director, Natural History Museum, Wiesbaden, 1851. Professor of mineralogy and geology, Karlsruhe Polytechnic, 1855; Würzburg, 1863–96. From 1856 to 1863, directed the geological mapping of Baden-Württemberg. Published extensively in many areas of geology and palaeontology.
Sources
ADB
Stadtarchiv Wiesbaden: Stadtlexikon, www.wiesbaden.de/microsite/stadtlexikon/index.php (accessed 3 July 2015)
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.
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