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Karl Albert Ludwig von Seebach (13 August 1839,

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– 21 January 1880,

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) was a German

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known for his studies in the field of

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. He studied geology and

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at Breslau as a pupil of Ferdinand von Roemer, with whom he took a scientific journey to Russia. He also studied at the Universities of

and

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, where he was a student of

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. In 1862 he obtained his doctorate at Göttingen with a thesis on

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-fauna of the Weimar

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.ADB: Seebach, Karl Albert Ludwig von

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In 1870 he became a full professor at Göttingen and subsequently chosen as the first director of the geological-palaeontological institute. His earlier research dealt with

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geology and paleontology, and he dedicated much of his time to the preparation of a geological chart of the

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. In 1864 he embarked on a trip to

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, where he investigated the volcanic phenomena of the region. In 1866 he had the opportunity to witness firsthand, volcanic eruptions in the

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( Kameni islands,

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). Seebach's personal library was purchased for the geological-palaeontological institute at Göttingen shortly after his death. The mineral "seebachite" (synonym of chabazite) is named in his honor.

Selected works

* ''Originalkarte des nordwestlichen Theiles von Costarica zur Übersicht der Reisen'', 1865. * ''Ueber den Vulkan von Santorin und die Eruption von 1866'', 1867 – On the Santorini volcano and its 1866 eruption. * ''Ueber die Wellen des Meeres und ihre geologische Bedeutung'', 1872 – The waves of the sea and their geological significance. * ''Central-Amerika und der interoceanische Canal'', 1873 – Central America and the interoceanic canal. * ''Ueber Vulkane Centralamerikas'', 1892 – On Central American volcanoes.OCLC Classify
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seebach, Karl von 1839 births 1880 deaths Scientists from Weimar Academic staff of the University of Göttingen German volcanologists 19th-century German geologists German paleontologists Geologists from the Kingdom of Prussia