Karl Rössler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German entrepreneur and naturalist
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Place of Birth: Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
About Karl Rössler
- Karl Rössler (6 May 1788 in Wiesbaden – 23 August 1863 in Hanau) was a German manufacturer and mineralogist. After a business apprenticeship in Frankfurt am Main, he acquired in 1818 a hat factory, which he transformed into a highly successful company.
- He had a keen interest in the geology, mineralogy and paleontology of the Wetterau, and accordingly, collected numerous minerals and fossils of the region.
- During his career, he worked closely with geologist Leopold von Buch.In 1853 he was named director of the Wetterauische Gesellschaft (Hanau), and in 1858 became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
- During the following year, he was a founding member of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift (Free German Bishopric) in Frankfurt.In 1861 the mineral rösslerite was named in his honor by Johann Reinhard Blum.
- The fossil snail species Turbonilla roessleri (Geinitz, 1852) also bears his name.
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