Georg Adolf Suckow sometimes Adolph (28 January 1751 , Jena

Jena

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- 13 March 1813 , Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

) was a German

Germany

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 physicist

Physicist

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, chemist

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 , mineralogist, mining engineer and naturalist

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Georg Adolf was a professor of physics, chemistry, and natural history at the University of Heidelberg. He wrote many books and articles on chemistry, botany, zoology and mineralogy. From 1808 he was a Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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.His son Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow was a German physician and naturalist.Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow studied at the University of Heidelberg graduating in 1813 with a thesis entitled „Myologia insectorum …“...

was also a naturalist.

Works

• Von dem Nutzen der Chymie zum Behuf des bürgerlichen Lebens, und der Oekonomie. Nebst Ankündigung der Lesestunden des Sommers halben Jahres 1775 bei der kurfürstlichen oekonomischen Schule zu Lautern, von G.A. Suckow, der A.D. Professor der theoretischen Wissenschaften, und beständigen Sekretair der Kurfürstlichen oekonomischen Gesellschaft. Mannheim/Lautern (1775)
• Oekonomische Botanik. (1777)
• Versuche über die Wirkungen verschiedener Luftarten auf die Vegetation. (1782)
• Diagnose der Pflanzengattungen. (1792)
• Anfangsgrunde der theoretischen und angewandten Naturgeschichte der Thiere Leipzig: Weissmann.

A six volume work. part I. Mammals. 1797. II. Birds 1800 & 1801. III. Amphibia. 1798. IV. Fish 1799 V Reptiles 1798?,VI Invertebrates. Variously bound, variously dated. The volumes appear to be out of date order.