Theodor Wolf

Geologist, Deceased Person

1841 – 1924

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Who was Theodor Wolf?

Theodor Wolf was a German naturalist who studied the Galápagos Islands during the late nineteenth century. Wolf Island is named after him. The wolf volcano on Isabela Island was also named after him. He was born at Bartholomä.

He published his Ein Besuch der Galápagos-Inseln, Sammlung von Vortraegen fuer das deutsche Volk in 1892. His observations also include notes on the human population on the islands.

He had performed a geologic survey of mainland Ecuador, but unfortunately his collections were lost in storage.

Wolf’s observations, which became the standard interpretation of island geology, depicted the islands as exposed tops of oceanic volcanoes with a distinctly different composition from the volcanic mountains of South America.

He died at Dresden.

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Born
Feb 13, 1841
Bartholomä
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Jun 22, 1924
Dresden

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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