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### 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.).