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Carl Hermann Credner

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German geologist (1841-1913)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1841 to 1913 · aged 71
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Carl Hermann Georg Credner was a German earth scientist and the son of Carl Friedrich Heinrich Credner. He examined the geology of Saxony and was influential in establishing Saxon geology through pioneering maps and a textbook. Credner Glacier on Mount Kilimanjaro is named after him.

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Carl Hermann Georg Credner was a German earth scientist and the son of Carl Friedrich Heinrich Credner. He examined the geology of Saxony and was influential in establishing Saxon geology through pioneering maps and a textbook. Credner Glacier on Mount Kilimanjaro is named after him. Geographers named Credner moraine on Spitsbergen, Credner moraine Mountains in Papua New Guinea, and Credner Waterfall in Togo after him. A manganese copper ore was, however, named after his father as crednerite while a fossil genus Credneria is named after his uncle Carl August Credner.

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Lived 1841 to 1913 · aged 71
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