Friedrich Adolph Roemer (15 April 1809 – 25 November 1869), German

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, alt ...

, was born at

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the ...

, in the

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. His father was a lawyer and councillor of the high court of justice. In 1845 he became professor of

mineralogy Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proce ...

and

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The City is the location of the Clausthal University of Technology. The health resort ...

, and in 1862 named director of the School of Mines. He first described the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

and

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...

strata In geology and related fields, a stratum ( : strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as e ...

of Germany in elaborate works entitled ''Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Oolith-Gebirges'' ("Fossils of the North German

oolith Ooids are small (commonly ≤2 mm in diameter), spheroidal, "coated" (layered) sedimentary grains, usually composed of calcium carbonate, but sometimes made up of iron- or phosphate-based minerals. Ooids usually form on the sea floor, mo ...

formations"; 1836–39), ''Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Kreidegebirges'' ("Fossils of the North German chalk formations"; 1840–41) and ''Die Versteinerungen des Harzgebirges'' ("Fossils of the

Harz Mountains The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German w ...

"; 1843). He died in

. The mineral romerite commemorates his name, as does ''Roemeriana'', a publication issued by the Institute of Geology at the ''Bergakademie'' in Clausthal from 1954 to 1964.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications His students included

Albrecht von Groddeck Albrecht Ludwig von Groddeck (25 August 1837 – 18 July 1887) was a Prussian geologist and a lecturer at the Clausthal mining academy (today the Technical University of Clausthal). He contributed to studies on lithology and ore distribution, clas ...

. His younger brother,

Carl Ferdinand von Roemer Carl Ferdinand von Roemer (5 January 1818 – 14 December 1891), German geologist, had originally been educated for the legal profession at Göttingen, but became interested in geology, and abandoning law in 1840, studied science at the Univer ...

, was also a geologist.

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19th-century German geologists 19th-century German botanists 1809 births 1869 deaths People from Hildesheim Clausthal University of Technology faculty {{geologist-stub