Paul Julius Menzel

Paul Julius Menzel (27 April 1864 in Dresden – 2 April 1927) was a German physician and paleobotanist.

In 1889 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Greifswald, afterwards working as a physician in Hainitz Grosspostwitz (from 1889 to 1898). From 1898 onward, he lived and worked in Dresden.[1]

Known for his close association with the Senckenberg museum; after his death, the museum bought a large part of his fossil plant collection — approximately 11,000 items from the Tertiary formation of northern Bohemia.[2]

Selected works
  • Fossile koniferen aus der kreide-und braunkohlenformation Nordböhmens, 1908 – Fossil conifers from the chalk and lignite formations of northern Bohemia.
  • Beitrag zur Flora der Niederrheineschen Braunkohlenformation, 1913 – Contribution to the flora of the Lower Rhine lignite formation.
  • Beitrag Zur Kenntnis Der Tertiärflora Aus Dem Gebiete Des Vierwaldstätter Sees (with Ernst Baumberger) – Contribution to the knowledge of Tertiary flora from areas of Lake Lucerne.
  • Über Pflanzenreste aus Basalttuffen des Kamerungebietes, 1920 – On plant residue from basaltic tuff of the Kamerun region.[3]

References
  1. Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. Senckenberg Natural History Collections HISTORY OF PALAEOBOTANICAL RESEARCH IN DRESDEN
  3. Google Books publications
  4. IPNI.  Menzel.
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