Gustav Karl Laube (8 February 1839,

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– 12 April 1923,

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and

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. In 1871 Laube became a professor of mineralogy and

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at the technical university in Prague, and in 1876, a professor of geology and paleontology at the

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in Prague. Here, he was also director of the geological institute. He was active in geological research of the Ore Mountains and neighbouring areas. He also served as geologist of the Second German North Polar Expedition (1869-70).Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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Written works

* ''Die Fauna der Schichten von St. Cassian'' (Vienna 1865–70, 5 parts) – The fauna from the strata at St. Cassian. * ''Die Gastropoden, Bivalven und Echinodermen des braunen Jura von Balin'' (1867) – Gastropods, bivalves and

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s in the brown

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strata of Balin. * ''Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Echinodermen des vicentinischen Tertiärgebiets'' (1868) – Contribution to the knowledge of echinoderms in the

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Tertiary area. * ''Über einige fossile Echiniden von den Murray Cliffs in Südaustralien'' (1869) – On some fossil

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s from the

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cliffs of southern Australia. * ''Reise der Hansa ins Nördliche Eismeer'' (Prague 1871) – Journey aboard the ''Hansa'' to the northern

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. * ''Hilfstafeln zur Bestimmung der Mineralien'' (2nd edition, 1879) – Auxiliary panels for the determination of minerals. * ''Die Echinoiden der österreichisch-ungarischen obern Tertiärablagerungen'' (1872) – Echinoids from the Austro-Hungarian upper Tertiary deposits. * ''Geologische Beobachtungen, gesammelt während der Reise auf der Hansa und gelegentlich des Aufenthalts in Südgrönland'' (Vienna 1873) – Geological observations, collected during the trip of the ''Hansa'' and from occasional stays in southern

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. * ''Geologie des böhmischen Erzgebirges'' (Prague 1876–87, 2 volumes) – Geology of the Bohemian Ore Mountains. * ''Geologische Exkursionen im Thermalgebiet des nordwestlichen Böhmens'' (Leipzig 1884) – Geological excursions in the

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region of northwestern Bohemia. * ''Synopsis der Wirbeltierfauna der böhmischen Braunkohlenformation'' (Prague 1901) – Synopsis of the vertebrate fauna from the Bohemian lignite formation. * ''Volkstümliche Überlieferungen aus Teplitz und Umgebung'' (2nd edition, 1902) – Folk traditions of

and surrounding areas.

References

* Příruční slovník naučný 1962 (encyclopedia by

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): volume II, page 777.
Article about geological institute which briefly mentions Laube
1839 births 1923 deaths Czech geologists Czech paleontologists 19th-century German geologists German paleontologists Academic staff of Charles University German Bohemian people People from Teplice 20th-century German geologists {{Germany-scientist-stub