Carl Ferdinand von Roemer, German geologist, had originally been educated for the legal profession at Göttingen, but became interested in geology, and abandoning law in 1840, studied science at the University of Berlin, where he graduated Ph.D. in... Wikipedia
Born: January 5, 1818, Hildesheim, Germany
Died: December 14, 1891 (age 73 years), Wrocław, Poland
Awards: Murchison Medal
Education: Humboldt University of Berlin