Karl Georg von Raumer was a German

Germany

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 geologist

Geologist

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 and educator.

Biography

He was educated in Göttingen, Halle and Freiberg, and in 1811 became professor of mineralogy at Breslau, was called to Halle in 1819 and in 1827 settled permanently as professor of natural history at Erlangen.

Writings

• Geognostische Fragmente (1811)
• A B C Buch der Krystallkunde (ABC's of crystals; 1817, 1821)
• Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Geographie (Basic geography, 1832)
• Geschichte der Pädagogik (A history of pedagogy, 1843-51) An important book on education which was translated into English and also published in the United States.
• Beschreibrung der Erdoberfläche (Description of the Earth's surface, 6th ed., 1866)

He also wrote an autobiography (Stuttgart, 1866).

Family

He is the brother of the historian Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer

Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer

Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer was a German historian. He was the first scientific historian to popularize history in German. He traveled extensively and served in German legislative bodies.-Biography:...

. His son Rudolf von Raumer

Rudolf von Raumer

-Biography:He was born in Breslau . He was Privatdocent at the University of Erlangen from 1840, and professor there from 1876...

 was a noted philologist.