Raumer, KARL GEORG VON

Raumer, KARL GEORG VON, geologist and geographer, a brother of the preceding, was born April 9, 1783, at Wörlitz, studied at Göttingen and Halle, and at the Mining Academy at Freiberg, was appointed professor of Mineralogy at Breslau in 1811, was translated in 1819 to Halle, and finally, in 1827, was appointed professor of Mineralogy and Natural History at Erlangen, where he died June 2, 1865. His most ambitious book was Geschichte der Pädagogik (1843-51; 5th ed. 1878-80), a portion of which was issued separately as Die Erziehung der Mädchen (4th ed. 1886). His most popular books were, after these, Beschreibung der Erdoberfläche (6th ed. 1866); Palästina (4th ed. 1860); and Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Geographie (1832; 3d ed. 1848). He also wrote books more immediately connected with his special study, as Geognostische Fragmente (1811), Versuch eines ABC-Buchs der Kristallkunde (1820-21), &c. See his Autobiography (Stuttg. 1866).—His son, RUDOLF VON RAUMER (1815-76), from 1846 a professor at Erlangen, won a high reputation in the field of Teutonic philology.