Justus Ludwig Adolph Roth
1818–92
German geologist. Studied pharmacy in Hamburg; chemistry, mineralogy, and geology at Berlin and Tübingen, then worked as an apothecary from 1844–8. Habilitated in geology, University of Berlin, 1861; extraordinary professor, 1867. Worked on volcanic and plutonic rocks.
Sources
DBE
Sarjeant 1980–96.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.
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