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Ernst Stromer
Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (June 12, 1871 - December 18, 1952) was a German paleontologist best remembered for his expedition to Egypt, during which the discovery of the first known remains of Spinosaurus was made.
From an aristocratic background, Stromer studied palaeontology in Munich. He would then make three expeditions to Egypt to unearth fossils, the most significant being his 1910-1911 expedition. Working with fellow palaeontologist Richard Markgraf, Stromer first described the dinosaur Spinosaurus. He additionally first described the dinosaurus Aegyptosaurus, Bahariasaurus, and Carcharodontosaurus, and the giant crocodilian Stomatosuchus. Due to his criticisms of Nazism, Stromer's career declined in the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the fossils discovered by Stromer were destroyed during World War II, leaving today’s scientists only a few photographs of the previously existing specimens to rely on.
In 1929, the fossil bird genus Stromeria (now included in the genus Eremopezus) was named in Stromer’s honour by Kálmán Lambrecht. Smith et al. (2001) also named the sauropod Paralititan stromeri in his honour.
Ernst Stromer was born on 12 June 1871 in Nuremberg, Bavaria in Germany. He came from an aristocratic family who had produced several architects, lawyers, judges, scientists and politicians for Nuremberg since the 1400s. The "Freiherr" in his name roughly equals "baron" in English. Stromer's father, Otto Stromer von Reichenbach, had served as the Mayor of Nuremberg from 1867 to 1891. He had an older brother, Friedrich (1867 - 1940), who became a historian.
Stromer originally studied medicine before switching to geology and palaeontology at the University of Munich. His mentor and thesis adviser was palaeontologist Karl Alfred von Zittel.
Stromer was married to Elisabeth Rennebaum (1886-1977) in 1920 and had three sons: Ulman, Wolfgang (1922-1999), and Gerhart.
On 7 November 1910, Stromer arrived in Alexandria, Egypt, aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Cleopatra. After a two-day setback imposed by a temporary quarantine, the expedition set out by train to arrive in Cairo the next day. This was his third expedition to Egypt.
On 14 November, Stromer went to meet with John Ball, the founder of the Desert Survey Department of the Geological Survey of Egypt. In that year, the survey had published the first topographic map of Egypt and was finishing a geological map that was to be published in 1911. Both sources were invaluable to Stromer, now planning his upcoming expedition to Bahariya, an area of the Western Desert that was little known.
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Ernst Stromer
Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (June 12, 1871 - December 18, 1952) was a German paleontologist best remembered for his expedition to Egypt, during which the discovery of the first known remains of Spinosaurus was made.
From an aristocratic background, Stromer studied palaeontology in Munich. He would then make three expeditions to Egypt to unearth fossils, the most significant being his 1910-1911 expedition. Working with fellow palaeontologist Richard Markgraf, Stromer first described the dinosaur Spinosaurus. He additionally first described the dinosaurus Aegyptosaurus, Bahariasaurus, and Carcharodontosaurus, and the giant crocodilian Stomatosuchus. Due to his criticisms of Nazism, Stromer's career declined in the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the fossils discovered by Stromer were destroyed during World War II, leaving today’s scientists only a few photographs of the previously existing specimens to rely on.
In 1929, the fossil bird genus Stromeria (now included in the genus Eremopezus) was named in Stromer’s honour by Kálmán Lambrecht. Smith et al. (2001) also named the sauropod Paralititan stromeri in his honour.
Ernst Stromer was born on 12 June 1871 in Nuremberg, Bavaria in Germany. He came from an aristocratic family who had produced several architects, lawyers, judges, scientists and politicians for Nuremberg since the 1400s. The "Freiherr" in his name roughly equals "baron" in English. Stromer's father, Otto Stromer von Reichenbach, had served as the Mayor of Nuremberg from 1867 to 1891. He had an older brother, Friedrich (1867 - 1940), who became a historian.
Stromer originally studied medicine before switching to geology and palaeontology at the University of Munich. His mentor and thesis adviser was palaeontologist Karl Alfred von Zittel.
Stromer was married to Elisabeth Rennebaum (1886-1977) in 1920 and had three sons: Ulman, Wolfgang (1922-1999), and Gerhart.
On 7 November 1910, Stromer arrived in Alexandria, Egypt, aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Cleopatra. After a two-day setback imposed by a temporary quarantine, the expedition set out by train to arrive in Cairo the next day. This was his third expedition to Egypt.
On 14 November, Stromer went to meet with John Ball, the founder of the Desert Survey Department of the Geological Survey of Egypt. In that year, the survey had published the first topographic map of Egypt and was finishing a geological map that was to be published in 1911. Both sources were invaluable to Stromer, now planning his upcoming expedition to Bahariya, an area of the Western Desert that was little known.
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