Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (12 September 1779 in Rumpenheim – 23 January 1862 in Heidelberg) was a German mineralogist and geologist. His son, Gustav von Leonhard, was also a mineralogist. From 1797 he studied at the universities of Marburg and Göttingen, where Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was an important influence to his career. He collected many mineralogical specimens on scientific excursions in Saxony and Thuringia, continued by travel to the Austrian Alps (including the Salzkammergut). During his journeys he made the acquaintance of Friedrich Mohs and Karl von Moll. In 1818, through assistance from Baden minister of state Sigismund von Reitzenstein, he was appointed professor of mineralogy at the University of Heidelberg.
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- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (it)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (en)
- Леонгард, Карл Цезарь фон (ru)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (sv)
- Карл Цезар фон Леонгард (uk)
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| - Karl Cäsar Ritter von Leonhard, auch Carl Cäsar, (* 12. September 1779 in Rumpenheim; † 23. Januar 1862 in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Mineraloge. (de)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (Offenbach am Main, 12 settembre 1779 – Heidelberg, 23 gennaio 1862) è stato un mineralogista e geologo tedesco. (it)
- Карл Цезарь фон Леонгард (нем. Karl Cäsar Ritter von Leonhard; 12 сентября 1779, Rumpenheim, Оффенбах — 23 января 1862, Хайдельберг) — немецкий минералог и геолог. (ru)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (12 September 1779 in Rumpenheim – 23 January 1862 in Heidelberg) was a German mineralogist and geologist. His son, Gustav von Leonhard, was also a mineralogist. From 1797 he studied at the universities of Marburg and Göttingen, where Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was an important influence to his career. He collected many mineralogical specimens on scientific excursions in Saxony and Thuringia, continued by travel to the Austrian Alps (including the Salzkammergut). During his journeys he made the acquaintance of Friedrich Mohs and Karl von Moll. In 1818, through assistance from Baden minister of state Sigismund von Reitzenstein, he was appointed professor of mineralogy at the University of Heidelberg. (en)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard, född 12 september 1779 i (numera stadsdel i Offenbach am Main), död 23 januari 1862 i Heidelberg, var en tysk geolog och mineralog, far till Gustav von Leonhard. Leonhard var under en tid av existens (1810–1813) chef för dess domänförvaltning. Han kallades 1815 till vetenskapsakademien i München och blev 1818 professor i Heidelberg. Han tillhörde ursprungligen Abraham Gottlob Werners geologiska skola, men stod vid slutet av 1820-talet i det ultravulkanistiska lägret. Leonhard invaldes 1815 som korresponderande ledamot nummer 17 av Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien. (sv)
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| - Karl Cäsar Ritter von Leonhard, auch Carl Cäsar, (* 12. September 1779 in Rumpenheim; † 23. Januar 1862 in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Mineraloge. (de)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (12 September 1779 in Rumpenheim – 23 January 1862 in Heidelberg) was a German mineralogist and geologist. His son, Gustav von Leonhard, was also a mineralogist. From 1797 he studied at the universities of Marburg and Göttingen, where Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was an important influence to his career. He collected many mineralogical specimens on scientific excursions in Saxony and Thuringia, continued by travel to the Austrian Alps (including the Salzkammergut). During his journeys he made the acquaintance of Friedrich Mohs and Karl von Moll. In 1818, through assistance from Baden minister of state Sigismund von Reitzenstein, he was appointed professor of mineralogy at the University of Heidelberg. In 1807 he founded the popular mineralogical journal "Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie" — after 1830 the publication was known as "Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie and Paläontologie" (edited with Heinrich Georg Bronn). He was a founding member of the Wetterauischen Gesellschaft (Wetterau Society). During his career, he maintained correspondence on mineralogical subjects with Leopold von Buch, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Abraham Gottlob Werner and Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt. In 1824 he introduced the term "loess" into the geological science. Nowadays Leonhard is recognized as one of one of the key pioneers of loess studies The term "leonhardite" bears his name, being defined as a partially dehydrated, opaque laumontite. (en)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (Offenbach am Main, 12 settembre 1779 – Heidelberg, 23 gennaio 1862) è stato un mineralogista e geologo tedesco. (it)
- Karl Cäsar von Leonhard, född 12 september 1779 i (numera stadsdel i Offenbach am Main), död 23 januari 1862 i Heidelberg, var en tysk geolog och mineralog, far till Gustav von Leonhard. Leonhard var under en tid av existens (1810–1813) chef för dess domänförvaltning. Han kallades 1815 till vetenskapsakademien i München och blev 1818 professor i Heidelberg. Han tillhörde ursprungligen Abraham Gottlob Werners geologiska skola, men stod vid slutet av 1820-talet i det ultravulkanistiska lägret. Hans viktigaste arbeten är Handbuch der Oryktognosie (1822; andra upplagan 1826), Charakteristik der Felsarten (1823-24), det första försöket till en petrografi, vidare den vidlyftiga monografin Die Basaltgebilde (1831-32) samt det populärt hållna verket Geologie oder Naturgeschichte der Erde (1833-44). Ett litterärt centralorgan för flera närbesläktade vetenskapsgrenar skapade han genom "Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie" (1807-29) och dess fortsättning "Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde", vars utgivande han 1830-58 ombesörjde tillsammans med Heinrich Georg Bronn. Leonhard invaldes 1815 som korresponderande ledamot nummer 17 av Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien. (sv)
- Карл Цезарь фон Леонгард (нем. Karl Cäsar Ritter von Leonhard; 12 сентября 1779, Rumpenheim, Оффенбах — 23 января 1862, Хайдельберг) — немецкий минералог и геолог. (ru)
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