Carl Ludwig Fridolin (Fridolin) Sandberger (1826–98)

German geologist, palaeontologist, and mineralogist. Studied at Bonn, Heidelberg, Marburg, and Gießen, where he received his PhD in 1846. Director, Natural History Museum, Wiesbaden, 1851. Professor of mineralogy and geology, Karlsruhe Polytechnic, 1855; Würzburg, 1863–96. From 1856 to 1863, directed the geological mapping of Baden-Württemberg. Published extensively in many areas of geology and palaeontology.