Count Georg zu Münster was a German paleontologist. Münster was born in Langelage near Osnabrück. In 1800 he became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth. He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian state, and formed the nucleus of the palaeontological museum at Munich. Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae.

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  • Count Georg zu Münster was a German paleontologist. Münster was born in Langelage near Osnabrück. In 1800 he became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth. He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian state, and formed the nucleus of the palaeontological museum at Munich. Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae. Louis Agassiz and Georges Cuvier visited him at Bayreuth, where he donated them part of his collection. He died in Bayreuth. The Graf-Münster-Gymnasium in Bayreuth was named after him. (en)
  • Georg, comte de Münster est un paléontologiste allemand, né le 17 février 1776 et mort le 23 décembre 1844 à Bayreuth. Il constitue une célèbre collection de fossiles qui est à l’origine du musée de paléontologie de Munich. Le comte Münster assiste Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848) dans son œuvre principale Petrefacta Germaniae. (fr)
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  • Count Georg zu Münster was a German paleontologist. Münster was born in Langelage near Osnabrück. In 1800 he became a Prussian official in the principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth. He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian state, and formed the nucleus of the palaeontological museum at Munich. Münster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae. (en)
  • Georg, comte de Münster est un paléontologiste allemand, né le 17 février 1776 et mort le 23 décembre 1844 � Bayreuth. (fr)