Albert Kolb

Albert Kolb (born October 13, 1906 in Karlsruhe , † September 14, 1990 in Hamburg ) was a German geographer, Rector of the University of Hamburg and President of the West German Rectors' Conference .

He taught at the University of Hamburg and did research on economic- geographic issues and regional geography of the Pacific region. From 1956 to 1958 he was rector of Hamburg University, and in 1956 he also served as president of the West German rectors' conference . In 1960 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

literature

Günter Borchert , Gerhard Oberbeck and Gerhard Sandner (eds.): Economic and cultural areas of the non-European world: Festschrift for Albert Kolb. Hamburg 1971 ( Hamburg Geographic Studies No. 24).
Burkhard Hofmeister and Frithjof Voss (eds.): Contributions to the geography of the cultural parts of the earth: Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Albert Kolb. Berlin 1986 ( Berlin Geographical Studies No. 20).

Web links

Literature by and about Albert Kolb in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.enzyklo.de/Begriff/Albert%20Kolb , accessed on July 9, 2012.
↑ http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-edUNGEN.de/rektoratsreden/meldung/index.php?type=universitaet&id=139

personal data
SURNAME	Kolb, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geographer and university rector
DATE OF BIRTH	October 13, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1990
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] ttp://www.enzyklo.de/Begriff/Albert%20Kolb , accessed on July 9, 2012.

[2] ttp://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-edUNGEN.de/rektoratsreden/meldung/index.php?type=universitaet&id=139