BEYRICH, HEINRICH ERNST VON German geologist, was born at Berlin on Aug. 31, 1815, and educated at Berlin and Bonn. In 1865 he became professor of geology and palaeontology in the Berlin university; and when the Prussian Geological Survey was instituted in 1873 he was appointed co-director with Wilhelm Hauchecorne (1828-190o). He published Beitrage zur Kenntniss der V ersteinerungen des rheinischen tfbergangsgebirges (183 7) ; Ober einige bohmische Trilobiten (1845); Die Conchylien des norddeutsc/ien Tertiar gebirges (1853-57). He died on July 9, 1896.