> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 842](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190313) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8505-1) LSID 8505-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70854) QID Q70854 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Roemer, \[Carl\] Ferdinand \[von\] (1818-1891), German (Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Hannoverian) geologist and explorer; studied law at Göttingen 1836-1839, natural sciences at Berlin 1840-1842; Dr. phil. Berlin 1842; travelled in Germany 1842-1845, in the United States, especially Texas, 1845-1847; habil. Bonn 1848, "Privatdocent" ib. 1848-1855; professor of mineralogy, geology and paleobotany and director of the mineralogical cabinet (later: museum) at the University of Breslau, 1855-1891; brother of Friedrich Adolph Roemer. **Abbreviated name**: *F. Roem.* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Roem.*\] #### Herbarium and types Material in the "palaeontological cabinet of Berlin University" (see TL-2/3639). Some marine algae at [[Collection FR|FR]] (Conert 1967). Roemer's collections from Texas were studied by G.H.A. Scheele (1808-1864) q.v. – Letters to F.A.W. Miquel in [[Collection U|U]]; Smithsonian Archives SIA 7230; letter to F. Rolle at [[Collection FR|FR]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 53: 451-458 (Hintze, C.); Andrews p. 321; Barnhart 3: 170 (b. 5 Jul 1818 \[err.\], 14 Dec 1891); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7591-7592; BM 4: 1718; CSP 5: 264-266, 8: 773-775, 11: 203, 18: 258-259; DAB 16: 91-92; Herder p. 58; Jackson p. 178; Kew 4: 502; ME 3: 646 (index); Merrill p. 487; PH 98, 567, 654; Quenstedt p. 362; Rehder 1: 322; TL-2/806, 3639; Tucker 1: 604. #### Biofile - Althans, E. et al., Naturw. Wochenschr. 6: 531. 1891 (d.), 7: 49. 1892 (appeal for memorial). - Andrée, K., Z. deut. geol. Ges. 100: 6, 10. 1950 (portr.). - Anon., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 43: 168. 1892 (obit. portr.); Bot. Centralbl. 49: 224. 1892 (d.); Bot. Jahrb. 15 (Beibl. 33): 9. 1892 (d.); Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexikon ed. 13. 13: 804. 1886; Jahres-Ber. schles. Ges. vaterl. Cultur 69: 23-27. 1892 (obit.); Mem. Proc. Manchester Lit. Philos. Soc. ser. 4. 5: 190-191. 1892 (obit.); S.B. Abh. naturw. Ges. Isis, Dresden 1891(2): 33. 1892 (notice). - Boone, W., Hist. bot. W. Virg. 182. 1965. - Breure, A.S.H., & J.G. de Bruijn, eds., Leven werken J.G.S. v. Breda 21, 302, 313, 380, 407, 417. 1979. - Conert, H.J., Senckenbergiana Biol. 48(C): 44. 1967. - Clarke, J.M., James Hall of Albany 172, 445, 472. 1923. - Dames, W., Neu. Jahrb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeont. 1892 (1, Min.): 1-32. 1892 (extensive obituary, bibl.). - Geikie, A., Quart. J. geol. Soc. London 48 (Proc): 58-60. 1892 (obit.). - Geiser, S.W., Southwest Rev. 17: 421-460. 1932 (portr.); Natural. frontier 17, 19, 109, 116, 137-140, 148-171, 281. 1948 (on his Texas trip). - Gürich, G., *in* Schlesische Lebensbilder 277-279. 1922 (biogr. sketch). - Hintze, C., Chronik Univ. Breslau 6: 106-111. 1892 (obit., b. 5 Jan 1818, d. 14 Dec 1881, "wen die Götter lieben, den nehmen sie mit dem Blitze zu sich", wish fulfilled), also in Jahresb. Schles. Ges. vaterl. Cult. 69: 23-27. 1891. - Hitchcock, A.S. & A. Chase, Man. Grass. U.S. 988. 1951 (epon.). - J.W.G., Geol. Mag. ser. 2. dec. 3. 9: 92-94. 1892 (obit.). - Kumm, P., Schr. naturf. Ges. Danzig, ser. 2. 8(1): 116-145. 1892 ("Leben und Wirken" detailed commemorative address; Roemer was refused a diploma at Göttingen because his brother had refused to acknowledge, under oath, the sovereignty of the new king Ernst August of Hannover). - Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou 61(1): 62-63. 1886 (mentions a Roemer herbarium specimen). - Martin, G.P.R., Ber. naturh. Ges. Hannover 105: 11-14. 1961 (letter to Friedrich Rolle, 1827-1887, with facsimile). - Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 79. 1946 (1948) (epon.). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 345. 1969. - Pettenkofer, M. v., S.B. mat.-phys. Cl. Akad. Wiss. München 22: 201-202. 1893 (obit.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 674-675. 1863, 3: 1131-1132. 1898 (bibl.), 7a(suppl.): 555. 1971. - Rehm, H., Ber. Senckenb. naturf. Ges. 1892: xxiv (obit.). - Seeland, H., Mitt. Herm. Roemer-Mus. Hildesheim 40: 9, 13, 20, 23. 1936. - Simonds, F.W., Amer. Geol. 29(3): 131-140. 1902 (biogr. skech; work on Texas; portr., bibl. of Texas items; "father of the geology of Texas", reprinted Geol. Mag. ser. 2. dec. 4. 9: 412-417. 1902. - Sprengell, Jahresh. naturw. Ver. Fürstent. Lüneburg 12: 40-42. 1893 (obit.). - Struckmann, C., Leopoldina 28: 31-32, 43-46, 63-67. 1892 (obit., partial bibl.). - Taton, R., ed., Science in the 19th century 330. 1965. - Tornier, G., S.B. Ges. naturf. Fr. 1925: 86. 1927. - Trautschold, H., Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou ser. 2. 6: 132-135. 1893 (obit). - Wilson, C.W., Jr. & J.G. Frank, J. Tennessee Acad. Sci. 19(3): 270-276. 1944, 20(2): 224-227. 1945 (on R's visit to Tennessee in 1847). - Winkler, C.H., Bull. Univ. Texas 18: 8-9. 1915. - Wolkenhauer, W., Geogr. Jahrb. 16: 493. 1893 (b. 5 Jan 1818, d. 14 Dec 1891). - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 862 \[index\]. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeontol. 147, 364, 393, 394, 395, 408, 448, 449, 453, 463. 1901. #### Composite works See TL-2/806 for *Lethaea geogn*. (by H.G. Bronn), ed. 3, 1851-1856, F. Roemer co-author. This work was continued by Fritz Frech as *Lethaea geogn*., 3 Theile, 1876-1908, see e.g. BM 4: 1718, Nissen Zool. Buchill. 345. 1969 (no. 3454). #### Handwriting Ber. naturh. Ges. Hannover 105: 12. 1961. #### Eponymy *Roemeria* F.J.A. N. Unger (1852). ### Publications ##### n.9397. Texas **Title** *Texas*. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung geschildert... Bonn (bei Adolph Marcus) 1849. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Texas*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1849 (preface Aug 1849), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv, err.\], \[1\]-464, map. *Copies*: GOET (inf. G. Wagenitz), HH, ILL (inf. O.P. Rogers), MO, PH. – "Verzeichniss der von Dr. Ferdinand Roemer aus Texas mitgebrachten Pflanzen, aufgestellt von Adolph Scheele" on p. 425-449. *English*: 1935, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-301. *Copies*: HH, USDA. – *Texas*, with particular reference to German immigration and the physical appearance of the country. Described through personal observation by Dr. Ferdinand Roemer. Translated from the German by Oswald Mueller. San Antonio, Texas (Standard Printing Company) 1935. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 8: 921-926. 27 Dec 1850 (rev.). ##### n.9398. Die Kreidebildungen von Texas **Title** *Die Kreidebildungen von Texas* und ihre organischen Einschlüsse... Mit einem die Beschreibung von Versteinerungen aus paläozoischen und tertiären Schichten enthaltenden Anhange und mit 11 von C. Hohe nach der Natur auf Stein gezeichneten Tafeln. Bonn (bei Adolph Marcus) 1852. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Kreidebild. Texas*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1852 (p. vi: Aug 1852), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1, cont.\], \[1\]-100, *pl. 1-11* (uncol. liths. C. Hohe). *Copy*: PH.