Otto Wilhem Gutzwiller Collection

Otto Wilhelm Gutzwiller (1889–1958), born in Switzerland, was a geologist specialising in petrology. He worked as a geological consultant in Spain, as well as in Venezuela and Peru.

Having spent considerable time in Catalonia, he became well-acquainted with the geological region of Blanes, where the current Botanical Garden was established on a granitic site from the Upper Carboniferous period.

Collection description: His personal archive includes 86 geological works, both his own and those by other geologists, and is on loan from the Stratigraphy Unit, Department of Geology.

Collection date range: 1916-1958

Collection incorporation date: The provenance of this collection is unknown

Depositary library: Science and Technology Library

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