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. His pupils included the sisters Christiane and Charlotte of

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and he was a friend of the art historian

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. Genzmer is known for his detailed damage surveys of the June 29, 1764 violent tornado which impacted Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. His damage surveys ultimately led to the European Severe Storms Laboratory rating the first and only T11 tornado on the

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Bibliography (in German)

*Adolf Christian Siemssen: "Beitrag zur Lebensgeschichte des Herrn G ttlobB rchardGenzmer". In: ''Magazin für die Naturkunde und Oekonomie Mecklenburgs''. Schwerin u. Leipzig 1 (1791). p. 311–324. *Peter Starsy: "Gottlob Burchard Genzmer (1716–1771). Versuch einer späten Würdigung". In: ''Stier und Greif: Sonderheft 1000 Jahre Mecklenburg''. Schwerin, 1995. pp. 74–84. *Peter Starsy: "Gottlob Burchard Genzmer". In: ''Biographisches Lexikon für Mecklenburg''. Bd. 2 (1999). pp. 97–103 it weit. Angaben u. Werkverzeichnis *Grete Grewolls: ''Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon''. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock, 2011 . 18th-century German Lutheran clergy German Lutheran theologians 18th-century German naturalists 18th-century German educators 1716 births 1771 deaths {{Germany-reli-bio-stub