Georg zu Münster

Count Georg Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm zu Münster (German: Georg Graf zu Münster; 17 February 1776 – 23 December 1844) was a German paleontologist.

Biography[]

Münster was born on 17 February 1776,^[1] in near Osnabrück. In 1800, he became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth.^{[citation needed]} He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian state, and formed the nucleus of the palaeontological museum at Munich.^[1]

Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae.^[1] Louis Agassiz and Georges Cuvier visited him at Bayreuth, where he donated them part of his collection.^{[citation needed]} He died in Bayreuth on 23 December 1844.^[1]

The Graf-Münster-Gymnasium in Bayreuth was named after him.^{[citation needed]}

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Chisholm 1911.

References[]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Münster, Georg". Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.