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Beyrich Surname *Notable people with the surname include: * (1887–1961), German politician * Heinrich Ernst Beyrich Heinrich Ernst Beyrich (31 August 1815 – 9 July 1896) was a German palaeontologist. Life Born in Berlin, he was educated at the university in that city, and afterwards at Bonn, where he studied under Georg August Goldfuss and Johann Jakob Nà ... (1815–1896), German paleontologist * Heinrich Karl Beyrich (1796–1834), German botanist Places * Barish; old spelling (by Guerin) of this village in Lebanon {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Ernst Beyrich
Heinrich Ernst Beyrich (31 August 1815 – 9 July 1896) was a German palaeontologist. Life Born in Berlin, he was educated at the university in that city, and afterwards at Bonn, where he studied under Georg August Goldfuss and Johann Jakob Nöggerath. He obtained his degree of Ph.D. in 1837 at Berlin, and was subsequently employed in the mineralogical museum of the university, becoming director of the palaeontological collection in 1857, and director of the museum in 1875. In 1848 Ernst Beyrich married Clementine Helm, who later became famous as author of numerous books for children and Young adult fiction. Clementine was the niece of his professor Christian Samuel Weiss. The couple had no children of its own, but adopted Clementine's two nieces, after the death of her sister in 1851. He was one of the founders of the German Geological Society in 1848. He early recognized the value of palaeontology in stratigraphical work, and conducted important research in the Rhenish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Karl Beyrich
Heinrich Karl Beyrich (22 March 1796 – 15 September 1834) was a German botanist born in Wernigerode. He studied botany at the University of Göttingen, and in 1819 performed botanical excursions throughout northern Italy and the eastern Alps. In 1822-23, he went on an expedition to Brazil on behalf of the Prussian government in order to collect flora for Pfaueninsel and the Neu-Schönberger Botanical Garden. In September 1834, while on an expedition through North America, he became ill and died at Fort Gibson, located in the present-day state of Oklahoma. He has numerous plant species named after him, including '' Centaurium beyrichii'', also known as the "mountain pink", and ''Galeandra beyrichii'' (Beyrich's helmet orchid). References * This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia, source listed asBeyrich, Heinrich KarlIn: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
