Leopold von Buch
German geologist (1774-1853)
English: Christian Leopold Freiherr von Buch (April 26, 1774 - March 4, 1853) was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe (Brandenburg) and is remembered as one of the most important contributors to geology in the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Leopold von Buch, by Carl Joseph Begas(1850)
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Statue at the entrance of Naturkundemuseum Berlin, sculpted by Richard Ohmann
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Plaque in Freiberg, Saxony