Heinrich Göppert

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Heinrich Göppert

Johann Heinrich Robert Göppert (25 July 1800 – 18 May 1884) was a German

paleontologist
.

Career

He was born in

Breslau
. In 1852 he became director of the botanical gardens.

He is particularly known for his work in

hard coal, which concluded a long-lasting debate on the origin of coal.[1] His private collection of specimens of fossil flora was considered the finest in the world.[2]

He was the father of a notable lawyer,

Maria Goeppert-Mayer
(Nobel Prize in physics, 1963).

In 1861 he became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] In 1862, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.[4]

Göppert was a critic of Darwinism. In 1864 and 1865 he published papers criticising Charles Darwin's theory of common descent from research in botanical palaeontology.[5]

Heinrich Goeppert Monument in Szprotawa
Heinrich Goeppert birth and family house in Szprotawa
Heinrich Goeppert Park in Szprotawa

Selected writings

  • Die fossilen Farnkräuter (On fossil ferns) - (1836).
  • De floribus in statu fossili (1837).
  • De coniferarum structura anatomica (Anatomical structure of
    conifers
    ) - (1841).
  • Die Gattungen der fossilen Pflanzen, verglichen mit denen der Jetztzeit (Types of the fossil plants, and comparison to those of the present) - (1841–42).
  • Ueber die chemischen Gegengifte, zum Gebrauche für Ärzte, Wundärzte und Pharmaceuten, so wie für academische Vorlesungen : mit 1 Tab. . Max, Berlin 2. Ausg. 1843 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf.
  • Der Bernstein und die in ihm befindlichen Pflanzenreste der Vorwelt (with Georg Karl Berendt, 1845).
  • Abhandlungen über die Entstehung der Steinkohlenlager aus Pflanzen (1848).
  • Abhandlung über die Beschaffenheit der fossilen Flora in verschiedenen Steinkohlenablagerungen eines und desselben Reviers (Condition of fossil flora in different hard coal deposits) - (1849).
  • Monographie der fossilen Koniferen, verglichen mit denen der Jetztwelt (Monograph on fossil conifers) - (1850).
  • Beiträge zur Tertiärflora Schlesiens (Contributions to
    Tertiary flora in Silesia
    ) (1852).
  • Die Tertiärflora von Schoßnitz in Schlesien (Tertiary flora of Schossnitz) (1855).
  • Die Tertiärflora auf der Insel Java (Tertiary flora of the Island of Java) (1855).
  • Über die fossile Flora der silurischen, der devonischen und der untern Kohlenformation (Fossil flora of the Silurian & Devonian Periods in regards to coal formation) - (1860).
  • Die fossile Flora der permischen Formation (Fossil flora of mixed formation) (1864–65).
  • Über Aphyllostachys, eine neue fossile Pflanzengattung, sowie über das Verhältnis der fossilen Flora zu Darwins Transmutationstheorie (Phyllostachys, a new fossil type; on the relationship of fossil flora to Darwin's theory of transmutation) - (1866).
The standard author abbreviation Göpp. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  • "This article is based on a translation of text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".
  1. ^ Mirosław Syniawa, "Biograficzny słownik przyrodników śląskich." (Bibliographical dictionary of Silesian natural scientists), Volume 1. Centrum Dziedzictwa Przyrody Górnego Śląska, Katowice, 2006.
  2. The American Cyclopædia
    .
  3. ^ "J.H.R. Göppert (1800 - 1884)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  5. ISBN 0-521-84459-2
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Göpp.

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