UBAGHS, Johan Casimir -10 Oct. 1829 Aken (Germany) - 4 Febr. 1894 Maastricht. Geologist and paleontologist. He studied the stratigraphy of the calcareous layers and collected fossils a.o. in the vicinity of Valkenburg and Maastricht. He already possessed a collection of 650 specimens when he settled at Maastricht in 1866 as a re-presentative of the pharmaceutical company Hahmes. With his collection he founded the Museum Ubaghs (1866-894) at Maastricht, containing collections in the fields of geology, paleontology, archeology, conchyliology and pre-history. He was a collaborator of J. de Bosquet (q.v.). He published ca. 40 articles and he was also a dealer in fossils. His collection is dispersed in all directions, fortunately an important part of it has been bought by the Royal Nat. Hist. Museum at Brussels - Edit

1918: Baren, J. van, Biografie van C. Ubaghs. -- N. biogr. woordenb., 4: 1347-1349. [BIOGRAPHY] 1944: Anon., Herdenking van den 50sten sterfdag van Casimir Ubaghs. Verslag van de maandelijksche vergadering op woensdag 2 februari. -- Natuurhistorisch Maandblad, 33(2): 9-11. [BIOGRAPHY; PORTRAIT] 1944: Geyn, W. A. E. van de, Johan Casimir Ubaghs (10 Oct. 1829 -- 4 Febr. 1894). -- Natuurhistorisch Maandblad, 33(2): 11-14. [BIBLIOGRAPHY] 1944: Benthem Jutting, T. van, Casimir Ubaghs en de recente mollusken van Zuid-Limburg. -- Natuurhistorisch Maandblad, 33(2): 14-16. 1963: Kruytzer, E. M., Het paleontologisch onderzoek in Limburg van 1800 tot heden. -- Akademiedagen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 15: 39-53. [BIOGRAPHICAL DATA] - Edit