Albert Maucher

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Albert Maucher (born December 22, 1907 in Freiberg , Saxony , † April 1, 1981 in Krailling near Munich ) was a German geologist and founder of the Albert Maucher Prize .

Life

Albert Maucher was born in Freiberg / Saxony in 1907 as the son of the mineralogist Wilhelm Maucher . He spent his school days with his three siblings in Munich. After graduating from high school and a subsequent internship as a metallurgical worker, Albert Maucher studied metallurgy at the TH Aachen from 1926, which he completed in 1930 as a graduate engineer. In 1932 Maucher received his doctorate at the Mineralogical-Geological Institute of the TH Munich, where he worked as a volunteer assistant until 1934.

After training in spectral analysis at the University of Göttingen, he worked as an assistant at the Institute for Deposit Research and Raw Materials Science at the TH Berlin. After his habilitation in 1936, Maucher became head of the mineralogical-petrographic department of the "Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitüsü" (Institute for Mineral Resource Research) in Ankara / Turkey . In 1937 he returned as an assistant to the Mineralogical-Petrographic Institute of the University of Göttingen, where he received a lectureship in 1939. Military service followed from 1939 to 1944. Subsequently, until the end of the war, he worked as an adjunct professor in Strasbourg, later in Straubing. From 1946 Maucher began teaching at the University of Munich. In 1947 he was appointed professor and head of the Institute for General and Applied Geology and Mineralogy. In 1973 he retired.

1977 donated Albert Maucher the contracts awarded by the German Research Foundation Albert Maucher Prize for young geoscientists, have achieved excellent research with funds from the DFG.

In 1945 he married the pianist Nadina Ferreri. Albert Maucher died on April 1, 1981 in Krailling near Munich.

When he started studying in Aachen, he joined the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Kaiserpfalz in the CV and was a member there until his death.

Life's work

Albert Maucher received the first suggestions for dealing with minerals from his father in his earliest childhood. Work in the Bavarian Forest led to a special interest in stratified deposits, the research of which remained a focus of his work. After the Second World War , further geological investigations followed, especially in the north-eastern Bavarian region. Studies within the framework of a monograph on German lead-zinc deposits in the Alps also pointed to the stratification of such ore deposits. The discussion of his results brought Maucher international recognition. His results also caused a rethinking of the genetic interpretation of other types of deposits. Above all, this includes the existence of stratified deposits of antimony and mercury, and occasionally also of tungsten. At the same time, it was postulated that certain types of deposits or mineral deposits were bound by law to certain periods of geological history. The problems of these "time-bound" deposits became a further focus of Maucher's scientific interests, with results that were recognized worldwide and which also led to the discovery of the tungsten deposit in Felbertal / Austria . Together with G. Rehwald and P. Ramdohr, Maucher created the "picture map of ore microscopy" with 600 picture plates. It is a widely used documentation of the most important ore microscopic structures.

Albert Maucher and his students influenced the development of modern deposit science in a pioneering way.

Awards

  • Member of the board of directors of the Deutsches Museum (Munich) from 1947.
  • since 1948 member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and from 1977 member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
  • since 1955 at the side of Hermann von Siemens executive vice-president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

Works

  • The creation of the Bodenmais gravel deposit. Dissertation, Munich 1932
  • Educational history of the gravel deposit in the Silberberg near Bodenmais. in: Dep. d. Bayer. Oberbergamtes 11, 1933, pp. 1–36 (with F. Hegemann)
  • Creation of the gravel deposit in Lam im Bayer. Forest. in: Chemie der Erde 9, 1934, pp. 173-99
  • Formation of the Passau graphite deposits. ibid. 10, 1935, pp. 539-65
  • Gravel deposit of the “Bayerland” mine near Waldsassen (Upper Palatinate). in: Zeitschrift für angewandte Mineralogie 2, 1939, pp. 219-75
  • To the alpine metal genesis in Bavaria. Limestone Alps between Loisach and Salzach. in: Tschermaks mineralog.-petrogr. Mitt. 4, 1954, pp. 454-63
  • Ore microscopic examinations of lead-zinc deposits in the Trento area. in: Communication from the geological society, Vienna 1955, pp. 139–54.
  • About the conversation. Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, Munich 1961
  • Image card index of ore microscopy. Umschau Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1961 (picture index of the ore microscopy / Lfg. 1 ff. (1961 ff.)) (With G. Rehwald)

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SURNAME Maucher, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and founder of the Albert Maucher Prize
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg , Saxony
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1981
Place of death Krailling near Munich