Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904)

German geologist and palaeontologist. After completing his studies, worked as a volunteer in the Geologische Reichsanstalt, Vienna, 1862–3. Professor of mineralogy, geognosy, and palaeontology, Karlsruhe Technical College, 1863–6; at the University of Munich from 1866. Spent twenty years producing his Handbuch der Palaeontologie (1876–93), a systematic study of the organic fossil record.