Schubert, Richard Johann#
b. Mohelnice, Czech Republic (then Mueglitz), Dec. 18, 1876, d. Horlyci, Poland (then Gorlice), May 3, 1915, killed in action. Geologist and paleontologist. 1901-1915 at the Geological National Institute (Geologische Reichsanstalt); geological field work, i.a. in Dalmatia, paleontological work on foraminifers and basic research on otoliths, esp. of those of the Tertiary period. Regarded as the Austrian pioneer of micropaleontology.
Publication#
Die Fischotolithen des oesterreichisch-ungarischen Tertiaers, in: Jahrbuch der Geologischen Reichsanstalt 51, 55, 56, 1901-1906.Literature#
O. Ampferer, Zur Erinnerung an R. J. S., in: Jahrbuch der Geologischen Reichsanstalt 65, 1915.