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Oswald Heer (1809–1883) was a Swiss curator, paleontologist, entomologist, and botanist. Born in Uzwil and educated at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Zurich, he worked at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. His fields of work included paleobotany, geology, and entomology. Heer died of tuberculosis in Lausanne.
Heer was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Royal Medal and the Wollaston Medal. His notable works include *Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj*, *Sur l'origine probable des êtres organisés actuels des îles Açores, Madère et Canaries*, and *Die Lias-Insel des Aargau's*. He studied under Ernst Friedrich Germar, Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, and Kurt Sprengel, and his students included Carl Nägeli and Johannes Theodor Schmalhausen.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 31 August 1809
- Died
- 27 September 1883
- Works
- 50
Top works
- Quelques mots sur les noyers
- Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj, [und] Nachsatz
- Sur l'origine probable des êtres organisés actuels des îles Açores, Madère et Canaries
- Ueber die Rhynchoten der Tertiärzeit
- Die Lias-Insel des Aargau's
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oswald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Uzwil
- Place of death
- Lausanne
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Zurich
- Employer
- ETH Zurich
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Wollaston Medal
- Doctoral advisor
- Kurt Sprengel
- Student of
- Ernst Friedrich Germar
- Doctoral student
- Carl Nägeli
- Field of work
- entomology
- Image
- ETH-BIB-Heer, Oswald (1809-1883)-Portrait-Portr 11212.tif
- Work location
- Zurich
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- Commons category
- Oswald Heer
- member of
- Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1809-08-31
- date of death
- 1883-09-27
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Oswald von Heer
- P8168
- 13346 Danielmiller
- Commons Creator page
- Oswald Heer
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Glarus
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Oswald Heer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
