Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone
| Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone | |
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Richard Krone with his daughter Ana Maria Martins Krone (after marriage).
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| Born |
18 July 1861 Dresden |
| Died | 9 September 1917 (aged 56) Iguape |
| Resting place | 24°41′51″S 47°34′15″W / 24.6975°S 47.5709°W |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Naturalist |
Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone was a German naturalist, zoologist, spelunker, archaeologist and researcher born on 18 June 1861 in Dresden, Germany. Having been the discoverer of the Devil's Cave in 1891, together with the Danish naturalist Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801-1880) he explored and studied the endokarst region of southeast Brazil, making both paleontological and archaeological discoveries in 41 of Iporanga's caves, which he examined between 1895-1906.
Descendent of a local traditional Saxony family, whose father was Hermann Krone and mother, Clementine Blochmann, was lieutenant of the Dresden Technical School. He began to study pharmacy in 1877, graduating in 1880. During this period, he also graduated in engineering. At the age 19, he joined the German navy and went on journey to several countries, arriving in the municipality of Iguape, Brazil, in 1884. where he worked as pharmacist, portrait painter, archaeologist, paleontologist, ornithologist, in addition to serving in a public office in the city.
Among the works in which he engaged, there is the construction of the railway Sorocaba, where he served as engineer. At the docks in the harbor of Iguape, he worked as surveyor for a major agricultural company. He then established himself as a pharmacist founding his Farmacia Popular, gaining thus the esteem of the entire population and projecting himself in the local society. He married Thomázia Krone, being the father of Ernesto and Ana Maria Martins Krone. He was also the artist's father of artist Olavo de Almeida.
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