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Letter, 13 December 1877
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Paul Friedrich Reinsch was born on March 21, 1836, in Kirchenlamitz, Germany.
He was a German phycologist, paleontologist, botanist, educator, and author. He studied natural sciences in Munich and Erlangen and became a high school teacher in Erlangen, Zweibrücken, and Baselland. During his stay in Baselland, he collected mosses, being inspired by the work of Wilhelm Philippe Schimper and Philipp Bruch. He spent two years travelling across North America and spent some time in Cyprus. In the last twenty years of his life, he focused his energy on the research of fossil Foraminifera. Following retirement, he settled in Erlangen as a private scholar. He published many articles and books regarding his research and his collections.
He died on January 31, 1914, in Erlangen, Germany.
Letter from Paul F. Reinsch to John William Dawson, written from Boston, Massachussets.