KAYSER

kayser, friedrich heinrich emanuel (1845- ), german geologist and palaeontologist, was born at konigsberg, on the 26th of march 1845. he was educated at berlin where he took his degree of ph.d. in 1870. in 1882 he became professor of geology in the university at marburg. he investigated fossils of various ages and from all parts of the world, but more especially from the palaeozoic formations, including those of south africa, the polar regions, and notably the devonian fossils of germany, bohemia and other parts of europe. among his separate works are _lehrbuch der geologie_ (2 vols., ii.), _geologische formationskunde_ 1891 (2nd ed., 1902), and i. _allgemeine geologie_ (1893), vol. ii. (the volume first issued) was translated and edited by p. lake, 1893, under the title _textbook of comparative geology_. another work is _beitrage zur kenntniss der fauna der siegenschen grauwacke_ (1892).