Karl Georg von Raumer

Karl Georg von Raumer (9 April 1783 – 2 June 1865) was a German geologist and educator.

He was educated at the universities of Göttingen and Halle, and at the mining academy in Freiberg as a student of Abraham Gottlob Werner.

In 1811 he became professor of mineralogy at Breslau, and two years later, participated in the German Campaign of 1813.

[2] He was the brother of the historian Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer.

His son Rudolf von Raumer was a noted philologist.