Paul Julius Menzel (27 April 1864 in Dresden – 2 April 1927) was a German physician and paleobotanist. In 1889 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Greifswald, afterwards working as a physician in Hainitz Grosspostwitz (from 1889 to 1898). From 1898 onward, he lived and worked in Dresden. Known for his close association with the Senckenberg museum; after his death, the museum bought a large part of his

fossil plant Paleobotany, which is also spelled as palaeobotany, is the branch of botany dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments (paleogeogr ...

collection — approximately 11,000 items from the Tertiary formation of northern

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

Selected works

* ''Fossile koniferen aus der kreide-und braunkohlenformation Nordböhmens'', 1908 – Fossil

conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...

s from the chalk and

lignite Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...

formations of northern Bohemia. * ''Beitrag zur Flora der Niederrheineschen Braunkohlenformation'', 1913 – Contribution to the flora of the Lower Rhine lignite formation. * ''Beitrag Zur Kenntnis Der Tertiärflora Aus Dem Gebiete Des Vierwaldstätter Sees'' (with Ernst Baumberger) – Contribution to the knowledge of Tertiary flora from areas of Lake Lucerne. * ''Über Pflanzenreste aus Basalttuffen des Kamerungebietes'', 1920 – On plant residue from basaltic tuff of the Kamerun region.Google Books
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Menzel, Paul Julius 1864 births 1927 deaths Physicians from Dresden Paleobotanists German paleontologists University of Greifswald alumni Scientists from Dresden