Harry Rosenbusch

(Karl) Heinrich/Harry (Ferdinand) Rosenbusch^[1] (24 June 1836 – 20 January 1914) was a German petrographer.

Born24 June 1836

Einbeck

Died20 January 1914(1914-01-20) (aged 77)

Heidelberg

AlmamaterUniversität Freiburg

Fieldspetrography

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Harry Rosenbusch
Harry Rosenbusch
Born	24 June 1836 Einbeck
Died	20 January 1914(1914-01-20) (aged 77) Heidelberg
Alma mater	Universität Freiburg
Scientific career
Fields	petrography
Workplaces	Heidelberg University
Thesis	Der Nephelinit vom Katzenbuckel  (1869)
Doctoral advisor	Heinrich Fischer
Doctoral students	Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt Frederick Eugene Wright

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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.^[2]

He received the 1903 Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London.^[3]