Re: Johann Beringer
Karen G. Jensen (kjensen@calweb.com)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 00:45:24 -0600
>Can anyone point me to a good source of information on Johann Beringer, the
>professor in 1726 who published a book about fossils that based upon
>fraudulent data planted by his students?
>
>What I am interested in in particular is his beliefs about extinction. Why
>did he believe that fossils were inorganic?
>glenn
>
Stephen J. Gould wrote an article including him in an article on pseudofossil
dealers (e.g. those in Morocco) I think less than a year ago in Natural
History.
Karen