Emma Richter
Emma Richter | |
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| Born | Emma Hüther[1] March 4, 1888 Steinheim, Germany |
| Died | November 15, 1956 (aged 68) |
| Spouse | Rudolf Richter |
| Children | 1 daughter |
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| Discipline | Paleontology |
Emma Richter (4 March 1888 – 15 November 1956) was a German paleontologist. She is best known for her work concerning
Trilobites
.
Life and career
Richter was born in Steinheim on 4 May 1888.[2]
She spent around 45 years volunteering at the
First World War. Richter also worked on several projects with her husband including studying 500 halftone images of trilobites for their book Die Trilobiten des Oberdevons Beiträge zur Kenntnis devonischer Trilobiten and creating a comparative database with over 44,000 images.[3][4]
Richter was made an honorary member of the
Paleontological Society of America in 1934 and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Tübingen in 1949.[5]
Richter died on 15 November 1956,[2] two months before her husband also died.[6]
Family
Richter married Rudolf Richter, a fellow paleontologist, in 1913[3] and they had one daughter.[5]
References
- ISBN 9781576070901.
- ^ a b c Biographie, Deutsche. "Richter, Emma - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9783598250385.
- OCLC 72989025.
- ^ ISBN 9780415920407.
- ^ "NACHRUF für RUDOLF RICHTER - EMMA RICHTER". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (in German). 1 January 1958. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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