ABOUT HERMAN HERZERGeneral Information
Herman Herzer was born in July 1833 in the city of Neustadt in Saxony-Weimar, Germany. Herman and his family immigrated to the United States in 1848, settling in Detroit.
Throughout his life, Herzer had many occupations such as being a cobbler, an itinerant preacher, a college teacher, a pastor, a museum curator, Vice President of an orphan home, and Vice President of the Ohio Academy of Science. In 1859 Herzer married Pauline Seiberlich in Waterloo, Michigan, and seven years later the Herzer family - of eventually 9 children - was living in Delaware, Ohio. After some years, Herzer and his family then moved to Berea, Ohio, where they would remain until they later settled down in Marietta. Herman Herzer died on May 26, 1912, only a little more than 6 months after the death of his wife. |
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Paleontology
Herman Herzer first discovered his love for natural history and geology when he was an itinerant preacher for 20 years, traveling on horseback between communities in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.
This newfound interest in natural geology would lead him to discover many fossils in the region of Northeastern Ohio, some of which - Dinichthys herzeri, for example - were named after him. Much of the work of Herman Herzer was carried out after he joined the faculty of German Wallace College, and also once he later became curator of their Museum in 1886. |
A fish very similar to Dinichthys Herzeri
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