Friedrich August Quenstedt ( German: Friedrich August Quenstedt ; July 9, 1809 , Isleben - December 21, 1889 , Tübingen ) is a German geologist and mineralogist .
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| Date of Birth | July 9, 1809 | ||
| Place of Birth | Isleben | ||
| Date of death | December 21, 1889 (aged 80) | ||
| A place of death | Tubingen | ||
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| Scientific field | mineralogy , geology | ||
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation “ Quenst. " . Personal page on IPNI website |
Upon completion of his education in Berlin, he was appointed professor (since 1837 ) of mineralogy, geology and paleontology in Tübingen . Quenstedt's main scientific works relate to the study of the Swabian Jurassic, for example: Das Flötzgebirge Württembergs ( 1851 ), Der Jura ( 1857 ), Handbuch der Petrefaktenkunde (3rd ed. 1882 ); Petrefaktenkunde Deutschlands ( 1849 et seq.) And Die Ammoniten des schwäbischen Jura ( 1884 ). In addition, Kwanstedt published Epochen der Natur ( 1861 ) and several works on mineralogy: Methode der Krystallographie ( 1840 ); “Handbuch der Mineralogie” (3rd ed. 1877 ; in the Russian translation “The Initial Foundations of Mineralogy”, St. Petersburg, 1861 ); "Grundriss der bestimmenden und rechnenden Krystallographie" ( 1873 ).
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- Quenstedt, Friedrich-August // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.