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Uebersicht der Beschaffenheit der Gebirgsbildungen in den Umgebungen von Basel : mit besonderer Hinsicht auf das Juragebirge im Allgemeinen
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stages. During his career, he amassed an impressive collection of fossils, and is credited for developing a classification schema for
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up until 1819, and then returned to Basel and proceeded to conduct geological studies of the
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Mittel und Hauptresultate aus den meteorologischen Beobachtungen in Basel von 1826 bis 1836
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Uebersicht des Zustandes unserer Kenntniss der Naturkunde des Kantons Basel
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at Basel, and during the following year, became director of the
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Bust of Peter Merian at the Museum for Natural History in Basel.
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Geognostische Uebersicht des sĂĽdlichen Schwarzwaldes
88:(20 December 1795 – 8 February 1883) was a Swiss 317: 215:, 1826 – Overview on the natural history of the 173:Known for his scientific investigations of 146:. In 1838 and 1856 he was president of the 115:. At Göttingen he became good friends with 111:(1815–17), where he studied geology under 26: 152: 148:Schweizer Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 318: 278: 276: 263: 261: 259: 229:survey of the southern Black Forest. 297:in Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz 13: 130:In 1820 he was named professor of 14: 367: 273: 256: 200: 113:Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann 239:Ueber die Theorie der Gletscher 351:University of Göttingen alumni 300: 288: 1: 336:19th-century Swiss geologists 249: 7: 346:Scientists from Basel-Stadt 159:Arnold Escher von der Linth 99:He studied sciences at the 10: 372: 241:, 1843 – On the theory of 75: 59: 37: 25: 18: 109:University of Göttingen 86:Peter Merian-Thurneysen 270:at Deutsche Biographie 170: 140:Natural History Museum 341:Swiss paleontologists 156: 161:, Peter Merian and 101:University of Basel 171: 70:Basel, Switzerland 285:Science, Volume 1 144:university rector 105:Academy of Geneva 83: 82: 363: 310: 304: 298: 292: 286: 280: 271: 265: 157:From the right: 66: 48:20 December 1795 47: 45: 30: 16: 15: 371: 370: 366: 365: 364: 362: 361: 360: 316: 315: 314: 313: 309:published works 305: 301: 293: 289: 281: 274: 266: 257: 252: 217:canton of Basel 203: 117:Bernhard Studer 94:palaeontologist 79:Swiss geologist 71: 68: 64: 63:8 February 1883 55: 49: 43: 41: 33: 21: 12: 11: 5: 369: 359: 358: 353: 348: 343: 338: 333: 328: 312: 311: 299: 287: 272: 254: 253: 251: 248: 247: 246: 236: 230: 220: 210: 202: 201:Selected works 199: 175:Jura Mountains 81: 80: 77: 73: 72: 69: 67:(aged 87) 61: 57: 56: 50: 39: 35: 34: 31: 23: 22: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 368: 357: 356:Merian family 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 324: 323: 321: 308: 303: 296: 295:Merian, Peter 291: 284: 279: 277: 269: 268:Merian, Peter 264: 262: 260: 255: 244: 240: 237: 234: 231: 228: 224: 221: 218: 214: 211: 208: 205: 204: 198: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 168: 167:daguerreotype 164: 160: 155: 151: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 97: 95: 91: 87: 78: 74: 62: 58: 54:, Switzerland 53: 40: 36: 29: 24: 17: 302: 290: 283:Google Books 238: 232: 222: 212: 206: 179:Black Forest 172: 147: 129: 98: 85: 84: 65:(1883-02-08) 20:Peter Merian 331:1883 deaths 326:1795 births 191:meteorology 163:Oswald Heer 107:and at the 320:Categories 250:References 227:Geognostic 195:glaciology 125:Swiss Jura 76:Occupation 44:1795-12-20 225:, 1831 – 187:ammonites 136:chemistry 90:geologist 243:glaciers 183:Triassic 132:physics 103:, the 307:Sudoc 121:Paris 52:Basel 193:and 134:and 92:and 60:Died 38:Born 322:: 275:^ 258:^ 197:. 169:). 150:. 127:. 96:. 245:. 219:. 165:( 46:) 42:(

Index

Bust of Peter Merian at the Museum for Natural History in Basel.
Basel
geologist
palaeontologist
University of Basel
Academy of Geneva
University of Göttingen
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann
Bernhard Studer
Paris
Swiss Jura
physics
chemistry
Natural History Museum
university rector

Arnold Escher von der Linth
Oswald Heer
daguerreotype
Jura Mountains
Black Forest
Triassic
ammonites
meteorology
glaciology
canton of Basel
Geognostic
glaciers

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