!!!Sternberg, Caspar Graf

Sternberg, Count Caspar, b. Prague (Czech Republic), Jan. 6, 
1761, d. Březina (Czech Republic), Dec. 20, 1838, botanist, 
mineralogist. Promoted the establishment of botanists´ 
societies, congresses and museums (National Museum in Prague with its 
palaeontological collection). Originator of palaeobotanic studies in 
Austria together with F.  Unger and C. von  Ettingshausen. S. was 
in contact with Humboldt and Goethe and wrote a most instructive 
autobiography.

!Publications
Versuch einer geognostisch-botan. Darstellung der Flora 
der Vorwelt, 1820-1832; Umrisse einer Geschichte der boehm. Bergwerke, 
2 vols., 1836/1838.


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