Ernst Friedrich Glocker (1 May 1793 – 18 July 1858) was a German mineralogist, geologist, and paleontologist.
From 1810, he studied theology, philosophy, and sciences at the University of Tübingen, and afterwards, continued his education at Halle.
[1] During his scientific excursions, he collected minerals and fossils in Silesia, Lusatia, Moravia, and the Sudetenland.
[1] He is credited with coining the mineral terms: pyrargyrite (1831), ozokerite (1833), sepiolite (1847), halite (1847), sphalerite (1847), arsenopyrite (1847), and liparite (1847).
[2] He also conducted research in the field of botany — in 1836, paleobotanist Heinrich Göppert named the plant genus Glockeria in his honor.