Ernst Friedrich Glocker

Ernst Friedrich Glocker (1 May 1793 – 18 July 1858) was a German mineralogist, geologist and paleontologist.

Ernst Friedrich Glocker
Born1 May 1793
Died18 July 1858(1858-07-18) (aged 65)
Stuttgart, Germany
OccupationMineralogist, geologist and paleontologist

Biography

From 1810 he studied theology, philosophy and sciences at the University of Tübingen, and afterwards continued his education at Halle. In 1823 he obtained his habilitation with the dissertation thesis, "De Gemmis Plinii inprimis de Topazio", and he later served as a professor at the Magdalene gymnasium in Breslau. In 1834 he became a full professor at the University of Breslau, where he was also director of the mineral cabinet.[1]

During his scientific excursions, he collected minerals and fossils in Silesia, Lusatia, Moravia and the Sudetenland.[1] He is credited with coining the mineral terms: pyrargyrite (1831), ozokerite (1833), sepiolite (1847), halite (1847), sphalerite (1847), arsenopyrite (1847) and liparite (1847).[2] He also conducted research in the field of botany in 1836 paleobotanist Heinrich Göppert named the plant genus Glockeria in his honor.[3]

Published works

  • Versuch über die Wirkungen des Lichtes auf die Gewächse, 1820 Experiment involving the effects of light on plants.
  • Handbuch der Mineralogie, 182931 (2 volumes) Handbook of mineralogy.
  • Versuch einer Charakteristik der schlesisch-mineralogischen Literatur von 1800-1832, (1832) Characteristics of Silesian mineralogical literature from 1800 to 1832.
  • Mineralogische Jahreshefte, 1835 Mineralogical yearbooks.
  • Grundriss der Mineralogie mit Einschluss der Geognosie und Petrefactenkunde, 1839 Outline of mineralogy with the inclusion of geology and petrology.
  • Ueber den Jurakalk von Kurowitz in Mähren und über darin vorkommenden Aptychus imbricatus, 1841 On the Jurassic limestone of Kurowitz in Mähren.
  • Geognostische beschreibung der preussischen Oberlausitz, 1857 Geognostic description of Prussian Upper Lusatia.[4][5]

References

  1. Gümbel (1879), "Glocker, Ernst Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 238–240
  2. A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals Including Their History and Etymology by Albert Huntington Chester
  3. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  4. HathiTrust Digital Library] published works
  5. HathiTrust Digital Library published works
  6. IPNI.  Glocker.
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