Bernhard Studer

Bernhard Rudolf Studer ( born August 21, 1794 in Bueren an der Aare, † May 2, 1887 in Bern ) was a Swiss geologist, mineralogist and mountain climber.

Studer was the son of the Bernese theologian and Dean Samuel Studer and his wife Maria Margaretha (nee Walther 1766-1805 ). He studied theology and mathematics 1816-1818 astronomy and geology but since 1815, as a mathematics teacher at the Bern school operates. In 1816, he completed his theological studies and then studied from 1816 to 1818 in Göttingen and at the Mining Academy Freiberg. From 1818, he was back at the Bern school teacher. At the same time he lectured on physics and mathematics at the Berne Academy and led the Mineralogical Collection of the Canton of Bern. In 1820 he visited Paris. Then he accompanied Leopold von Buch on his travels through the Alps. 1825 appointed him to the cantonal government in Bern on the newly established Department of Geology, a position he held until 1873.

Studer was also since 1834 professor of mineralogy at the University of Bern. In 1879 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London. From 1854 he was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. In 1845 he also became a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and foreign since 1882 member of the Prussian Order pour le Merite for Arts and Science.

Bernhard Studer died on 2 May 1887 in Bern. He was cousin of Gottlieb Samuel Studer and brother of the theologian Ludwig Gottlieb Studer.

Works

• Contributions in writing to a monograph of the molasses. Bern 1825
• Geology of the western Swiss Alps. Heidelberg 1834
• Foundations of mathematical geography. Bern 1836
• Geology of Switzerland. 2 vols Bern from 1851 to 1853 (Volume 1)