Rudolf Richter (geologist)

Rudolf Richter (7 November 1881 – 5 January 1957) was a German paleontologist and geologist. He became the director of the Senckenberg Museum and a professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt . Richter was involved in research in sedimentology, micropaleontology and taxonomy. He was a follower of actualistic paleontology, following Charles Lyell's idea that the "present is a key to the past".

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