Adolf Hofmann

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Adolf Hofmann (born January 17, 1853 in Žebrák , Bohemia, † September 9, 1913 in Prague ) was an Austrian mining geologist and paleontologist .

Adolf Hofmann graduated from the Bergakademie Leoben in 1875 as a qualified mining engineer. In 1885 he completed his habilitation there in paleontology . Hofmann worked as an assistant at the Geological Institute at the Montanist University in Leoben from 1876 to 1888. At first he worked there in mineralogy , later also in paleontology. In the period from 1888 to 1893 Hofmann was at the Bergakademie Příbram , Bohemia, associate professor for deposit theory and analytical chemistry. From 1893 to 1909 he held the position of a full professor for mineralogy, geology and the theory of deposits there. His successor was his student Franz Ryba .

Hofmann was a correspondent for the Geological Reichsanstalt .

Publications

  • Mammalian remains from the Stuhleck cave . Announcements of the natural science association for Styria 21, 1885, pp. 3–12
  • Crocodilids from the Miocaen of Styria . Contribution Paleont. u. Geol. Austria-Hungary ud Orients 5, 1887, pp. 26-35 online
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the mammals from the Miocän layers of front village near Wies in Styria . Yearbook of the Imperial Royal Geological Institute 38, 1888, pp. 77-82 online
  • Contributions to the mammal fauna of the brown coal of the Labitschberg near Gamlitz in Styria . Yearbook of the Kaiserlich-Königliche Geologische Reichsanstalt 38, 1888, pp. 545-562 online
  • About some mammalian remains from the Miocan layers of Feisternitz near Eibiswald in Styria . Yearbook of the Kaiserlich-Königliche Geologische Reichsanstalt 40, 1890, pp. 519-526 online
  • Contributions to the miocaen mammal fauna of Styria . Yearbook of the Kaiserlich-Königliche Geologische Reichsanstalt 42, 1892, pp. 63–76 online
  • Mineral guidance of the veins of Strebsko near Pribram . Yearbook of the Imperial Royal Geological Institute 45, 1895, pp. 29–36 online
  • Fossil remains from the South Moravian brown coal basin near Gaya . Yearbook of the Imperial and Royal Geological Institute 50, 1900, pp. 47–50 online
  • Contribution to the mammal fauna of Leoben . Yearbook of the Imperial Royal Geological Institute 54, 1904, pp. 577-594 online
  • Mammal remains from Wies . Yearbook of the Imperial-Royal Geological Institute 55, 1905, pp. 27–30 online
  • Side effects of the disturbances within the coal seams . Mitteilungen der Geologische Gesellschaft 3, 1910, pp. 44-52 online

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personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian mining geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Žebrák , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1913
Place of death Prague