Henry Heuland

John Henry Heuland (March 21, 1778 Bayreuth – November 16, 1856 Hastings) was a German born (Johann Heinrich) English mineralogist and dealer. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. His collection is held by the Natural History Museum, London. In 1804 he purchased mineral specimens in Lisbon. He subsequently travelled through France, Germany, Sweden, and Russia, collecting and buying minerals. About the year 1806 he acquired minerals collected in Europe between the years 1766 and 1806 by his uncle Adolarius Jacob Forster whose London dealership later became Heuland's. Armand Lévy categorised his mineral collection.[1]

The mineral Heulandite is named for him. He played a dubious role in the discovery of Palladium.[2]

References
  1. Heuland, Henry; Lévy, Armand (1837). Description d'une collection de mineraux, forme par M. Henri Heuland, et appartenant M. Ch. H. Turner, de Rooksnest, dans le comptd de Surrey en Angleterre. London: Adolphe Richter et Compagnie. Note: 3 vols., with atlas of plates.
  2. Frondel, Clifford (March 1972). "Jacob Forster (1739-1806) and his connections with forsterite and palladium" (PDF). Mineralogical Magazine. 38 (297): 545–50. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.605.3767. doi:10.1180/minmag.1972.038.297.02.


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