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Sedimentologists: Rudolf Richter (1881–1957), and the senckenberg laboratory

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Rudolf Richter (Figure S20(A)) was born on November 7, 1881 at Glatz in Silesia and studied at the Universities of Munich and Marburg. Richter worked under the tutelage of Emanuel Kayser and completed his doctorate at Marburg in 1909, his doctoral dissertation was published under the title “Beitraege zur Kenntnis devonischer Trilobiten aus dem Rheinischen Schiefergebirge” (Contributions to the knowledge of Devonian trilobites from the Rheinische Schiefergebirge). Richter is generally regarded as having been one of the most influential geologists of his time, his influence reaching far beyond the boundaries of Germany. Biographical works include Stubblefield (1957), Kegel (1957), Schmidt (1982), and Burghard Flemming (personal communication) provided insights on both Richter and the Senckenberg Laboratory.

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The Richters; (A) Rudolf Richter 1881–1957; and (B) Emma Richter 1888–1956. (Photographs courtesy of the University of Frankfurt.)

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  1. Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E3

    S. George Pemberton

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  1. School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada

    Gerard V. Middleton

  2. Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T IZ2, Canada

    Michael J. Church

  3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G I, Canada

    Mario Coniglio

  4. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA

    Lawrence A. Hardie

  5. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada

    Frederick J. Longstaffe

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Pemberton, S.G. (1978). Sedimentologists: Rudolf Richter (1881–1957), and the senckenberg laboratory. In: Middleton, G.V., Church, M.J., Coniglio, M., Hardie, L.A., Longstaffe, F.J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3609-5_203

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