Johannes Justus Rein
1835–1912
German geographer. Doctorate, Rostock, 1861. Taught at the trade school in Frankfurt am Main. Director of the Senkenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 1868–73. Travelled in Japan on behalf of the Prussian government to research trade and industry, 1873–5. Professor of geography, Marburg, 1876; Bonn, 1883.
Sources
DBE
NDB.
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–.
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