Karl Rößler
German entrepreneur and naturalist1
Karl Rössler (6 May 1788, in Wiesbaden – 23 August 1863, in Hanau) was a German manufacturer and mineralogist.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Karl Rößler (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born May 6, 1788, died Aug 23, 1863.1
About
After a business apprenticeship in Frankfurt am Main, he acquired a hat factory in 1818 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. Throughout the course of his career, Rössler 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. In the year following, Rössler was named a founding member of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift (Free German Foundation) 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Karl Rößler, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur, naturalist, mineralogist, geologist.4
- Date not recordedFounded Rößler‘sche hat factory3
Personal life
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- 1WikidataKarl Rößler on Wikidata
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- 8Wikimedia CommonsKarl Rößler photo by Wetterauische Gesellschaft, Public domain