Harry Rosenbusch

(Karl) Heinrich/Harry (Ferdinand) Rosenbusch (24 June 1836 – 20 January 1914) was a German petrographer.

Harry Rosenbusch
Harry Rosenbusch
Born24 June 1836
Died20 January 1914 (1914-01-21) (aged 77)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversität Freiburg
AwardsWollaston Medal (1903)
Scientific career
Fieldspetrography
InstitutionsHeidelberg University
Thesis Der Nephelinit vom Katzenbuckel  (1869)
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Fischer
Doctoral studentsVictor Mordechai Goldschmidt
Frederick Eugene Wright

Harry Rosenbusch was born in Einbeck. He taught at Heidelberg University (1877–1908), where he founded the Mineralogisches-geologisches Institut. He died, aged 77, in Heidelberg.

He received the 1903 Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London.

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