Max Bauer (mineralogist)

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Max Hermann Bauer (born September 13, 1844 in Gnadental , Württemberg; † November 4, 1917 in Marburg ) was a German mineralogist and university professor.

Life

The son of a pastor studied in Tübingen, Paris and Berlin. Bauer received his doctorate in Tübingen in 1867 and qualified as a professor in 1871 for mineralogy and geology in Göttingen. From 1871 he worked for the map recordings of the Königl. Geological State Institute in Berlin. In 1872 Bauer went to Berlin as a private lecturer. In 1875 he was appointed full professor for mineralogy and geology at the Albertus University in Königsberg . In Königsberg he was rector of the university in 1882/83. In 1884, Bauer succeeded the late mineralogist Friedrich Klocke as a full professor of mineralogy and petrography at the Philipps University of Marburg . In 1892/93 he was elected rector of the Philipps University of Marburg. In 1896 he was appointed secret councilor . Bauer was released from his official obligations in 1915, but took over the representation of his successor in 1916/17.

Bauer was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (from 1883) and the Society of Sciences in Göttingen (from 1900).

From 1874 Bauer was married to Julie Schnurrer; from this connection 2 sons and 1 daughter were born.

Works

  • Ruby and Sapphir . Verl.-Anst. and Dr. A.-G., Hamburg 1897 ( digitized version )
  • Textbook of Mineralogy , Berlin 1886 (2nd, completely revised edition Stuttgart 1904)
  • Gem lore. A generally understandable presentation of the properties, the occurrence and the use of the gemstones, together with instructions on how to determine them for mineralogists, stone cutters, jewelers, etc. , Leipzig 1896 (2nd completely complete and partially revised edition Leipzig 1909).

literature

  • Obituary by R. Brauns in: Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie, Paläontologie, 1918, pp. 73–84 (with picture and list of publications).
  • Werner Quenstedt :  Bauer, Max Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 642 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis , edited by Inge Auerbach, Vol. 2, Marburg 1979, pp. 770-771.
  • Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , Vol. 1, Munich 1995, pp. 328-329.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5708, p. 599 ( digitized ).
  2. ↑ See also the list of rectors at the Albertus University .
  3. ↑ Member entry of Max Hermann Bauer at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 12, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bauer, Max Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mineralogist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Gnadental , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1917
Place of death Marburg