> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 841](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190312) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12782-1) LSID 12782-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73601) QID Q73601 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Roemer, \[Friedrich\] Adolph (1809-1869), German (Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Hannoverian) palaeobotanist and algologist; studied law at Goettingen and Berlin 1828-1831; law official ("juristischer Beamter") at Hildesheim 1831-1840; id. Bovenden nr. Göttingen 1840-1843; mining official at Clausthal 1843; teacher for geognosy and mineralogy at the mining school Clausthal 1846-1867; brother of \[Carl\] Ferdinand Roemer. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Roem.* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.Roem.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LZ|LZ]] (destroyed); some algae at [[Collection GOET|GOET]]. – Palaeobotanical collections at Hildesheim (fide Quenstedt). #### Bibliography and biography ADB 120-122 (Gümbel); Andrews p. 321; Barnhart 3: 169 (err. d. "1871"); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7591; BM 4: 1719; CSP 5: 266-267, 8: 775; Frank 3 (Anh.): 85; Herder p. 254; Kew 4: 502; PR 7703-7704, ed. 1: 8663-8664; Quenstedt p. 364; TL-1/1093. #### Biofile - Böckh, E. et al., Geol. Jahrb., Hannover 76: xxi-xxviii. 1959 (biogr. sketch, portr., primary and secondary bibl.). - Dechen, Verh. naturh. preuss. Rheinl. 27: 23. 1870 (d.). - Kayser, E., Abh. geol. Specialkarte Preussen 2(4): vi-xiv. 1878 (fide E. Böckh et al. 1959). - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 557. 1968 (algae "Römer" at NY). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 345-346. 1969. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 674. 1863, 3: 1131. 1898, 7a: (suppl.): 556. 1971 (b. 14 Apr 1809, d. 25 Nov 1869). - Roemer, F., Z. deut. geol. Ges. 22: 96-102. 1870 (obit.; b. 14 Apr 1809, d. 25 Nov 1869). - Seeland, H., Mitt. Herm. Roemer-Mus. Hildesheim 40: 12, 13, 14, 16-18, 20, 22, 29, 30. 1936. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Palaeontol. 496-497, 862. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeontol. 387, 390, 448, 502, 519, 520, 1901. #### Eponymy (journal): *Roemeriana*, eine Schriftenreihe des Geologischen Instituts der Bergakademie Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. vol. 1-8, 1954-1964. ### Publications ##### n.9394. Die Versteinerungen des norddeutschen Kreidegebirges **Title** *Die Versteinerungen des norddeutschen Kreidegebirges*... Hannover (Im Verlag der Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung) 1840-1841. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Verstein. norddeut. Kreidegeb.* **Notes** *1*: 1840, p. \[i\], \[1\]-48, *pl. 1-7* (uncol. liths. auct.). *2*: 1841, p. \[i\]-iv \[dated 14 Apr 1871\], 49-145, *pl. 8-20* (id.). *Copies*: PH; Univ. Georgia (Athens). ##### n.9395. Die Versteinerungen des Harzgebirges **Title** *Die Versteinerungen des Harzgebirges*... Hannover (Im Verlage der Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung) 1843. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Verstein. Harzgeb.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1843 (p. \[vii\*\]: 14 Jan 1843), p. \[i\*-vii\*\], \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-40, *pl. 1-12* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: GOET (Inf. G. Wagenitz), PH, Univ. Georgia (Athens). ##### n.9396. Die Algen Deutschlands **Title** *Die Algen Deutschlands*... Hannover (Im Verlage der Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung) 1845. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Alg. Deutschl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Aug 1845 (p. 10: 14 Apr 1895; Hinrichs Sep 1845), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-72, *pl. 1-11* (uncol. liths). *Copies*: FH(2), G, M, NY. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 3: 869-871. 1845 (rev.).