Albrecht von Groddeck

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Albrecht Ludwig von Groddeck (born August 25, 1837 in Danzig ; † July 18, 1887 in Clausthal ) was a German university professor and director of the Clausthal mining academy .

Life

He was the son of an admiralty council. His mother was a sister of the Prussian mining captain Martins. After graduating from high school in Danzig in 1856, von Groddeck embarked on a career in metallurgy , studied at the Collegium Carolinum in Brunswick and, after a practical year in the ironworks in Zorge , at the universities of Berlin and Breslau (with Ferdinand Roemer ) and from 1862 at the mountain school in Clausthal . In 1863 he passed the metallurgical engineering examination with distinction in Clausthal. A year later he became a teacher of mining and mineral processing at the Bergakademie. After Friedrich Adolph Roemer left in 1867, he also took over teaching mineralogy and geology . Initially entrusted with the interim management of the business, he was also appointed director of the academy in 1871. In 1867 he received his doctorate at the University of Göttingen (About the veins of the north-western Upper Harz). In 1872 he received the title of royal mountain ridge. In 1880 he gave up teaching in mining and mineral processing and in 1881 took over the teaching of ore deposits that was newly introduced in the curriculum.

His scientific focus was on deposit theory and the geology of the Harz (especially the northwestern part) and its veins. From him comes a geological map of the Harz that is excellent for his time , according to Kurt Mohr .

Fonts

  • About the veins of the north-western Upper Harz . In: Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume XVIII, 1866, pp. 693-776 digitized
  • About the veins of the north-western Upper Harz . Inaugural dissertation, University of Göttingen, Starcke, Berlin 1867 digitized
  • Outline of the geognosy of the Harz Mountains, with special emphasis on the north-western part. Clausthal 1871 digitized ; 2nd edition 1883
  • Geognostic averages through the Upper Harz, with explanations. In: Z. f. Mining, metallurgy and saltworks in the Prussian state, Volume 21, 1873 digitized
  • The Doctrine of the Deposits of Ores. A branch of geology. Leipzig 1879
  • Oscar Hoppe : The mines, processing institutions and smelters as well as the technical-scientific institutions, welfare institutions, etc. in the Upper and Lower Harz. In addition to an appendix for geognostic excursions, written by Bergrath Dr. v. Groddeck. Grosse, Clausthal 1883 digitized

literature

  • Obituary by KA Lossen, PGLA yearbook for 1887, CIX Archives
  • Wilhelm Bornhardt : Origin and Development of the Bergakademie. In: The Prussian Bergakademie zu Clausthal 1775/1925. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary. Clausthal 1925, p. 23.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mohr, Harz, western part, Borntraeger 1984, p. 6
personal data
SURNAME Groddeck, Albrecht von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor and director of the Clausthal mining academy
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1887
Place of death Clausthal