[1] After obtaining his doctorate, he continued his education in Paris up until 1819, and then returned to Basel and proceeded to conduct geological studies of the Swiss Jura.

[2] In 1820 he was named professor of physics and chemistry at Basel, and during the following year, became director of the Natural History Museum.

[3] From 1835 to 1861, he was an honorary professor of geology and palaeontology at Basel, where three times he served as university rector.

[1] Known for his scientific investigations of Jura Mountains, he also conducted extensive geological research of the Black Forest, and performed comparison studies of the Germanic and Alpine Triassic stages.

[1] During his career, he amassed an impressive collection of fossils, and is credited for developing a classification schema for ammonites.