Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann
Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (30 May 1797 – 26 November 1873), also known as Karl Friedrich Naumann, was a German
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Born | |
Died | November 26, 1873 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany | (aged 76)
Nationality | German |
Other names | Karl Friedrich Naumann |
Education | Pforta |
Alma mater | |
Occupation(s) | Mineralogist, geologist |
Life
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Naumann was a man of encyclopedic knowledge, lucid and fluent as a teacher. Early in life (1821-1822) he traveled in Norway, and his observations on that country, and his subsequent publications on crystallography, mineralogy and geology.[1] His sketches were admired by Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Gustav Carus, who copied them to use as material for their paintings.[2] In 1869, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.[3] He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1873.[4] He died at Leipzig that year.
He published Beiträge zur Kenntniss Norwegens (2 vols., 1824); Lehrbuch der Mineralogie (1828); Lehrbuch der reinen und angewandten Krystallographie (2 vols. and atlas, 1830); Elemente der Mineralogie (1846; ed. 9, 1874; the 10th ed. by F. Zirkel, 1877); and Lehrbuch der Geognosie (2 vols. and atlas, 1849-1854, ed. 2, 1858-1872).[1]
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Verwoert, Jan (6 June 2003). "Expedition Art". Frieze (76).
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter N" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Naumann, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 278. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the