Henrik Henriksen Beck was a

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geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

conchologist Conchology () is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includ ...

and naturalist. He wrote ''Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici'' (1837) in which several new species were described and ''Bemærkninger om Danmarks Geologi : oplæste i det geologiske Selskab'' (1835).

References

A.S.H. Breure & A. González Guillen Bibliography of Cuban terrestrial Mollusca, including related and biohistorical papers on Cuban malacology ''Technical Bulletin Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis'' 12; ISSN 1387-021
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1799 births 1863 deaths Danish malacologists {{Denmark-scientist-stub