Georg zu Münster
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Count Georg Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm zu Münster (Template:Langx; 17 February 1776 – 23 December 1844) was a German paleontologist.
Biography
Münster was born on 17 February 1776Template:Sfn in Langelage, near Osnabrück. In 1800, he reportedly became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth. He assembled a renowned fossil collection, which was eventually acquired by the Bavarian state and became the foundation of the palaeontological museum in Munich.Template:Sfn
Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae.Template:Sfn Louis Agassiz and Georges Cuvier are said to have visited him at Bayreuth, where he reportedly donated part of his collection to them.[1] He died in Bayreuth on 23 December 1844.Template:Sfn
The Graf-Münster-Gymnasium in Bayreuth, the city's largest school [2], was founded in 1833[3] and named in his honour.
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- ↑ "Graf-Münster-Gymnasium feiert Jubiläum - Der Dino lebt" in Kurier, Frank Schmälzle 13 July 2008
- ↑ Festschrift 175 Jahre Königliche Kreis-, Landwirtschafts- und Gewerbeschule, Realschule, Oberrealschule, Graf-Münster-Gymnasium Bayreuth (table of contents only)
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