Alfred Himmelbauer
Alfred Himmelbauer (born February 6, 1884 in Vienna , † April 18, 1943 ibid) was an Austrian mineralogist and university professor of geology .
Life
Himmelbauer attended grammar school in Horn , then he studied natural sciences, especially mineralogy and geology with Gustav Tschermak and Friedrich Becke at the University of Vienna . In 1906 he received his doctorate on copper pebbles and became a university assistant to Cornelio August Doelter (1850–1930), later to Friedrich Becke. In 1908 he completed his habilitation with rock studies on scapoliths . In 1914 he was proposed for the chair of geognosy , but previously traveled with Pentti Eskola for a research project on radium deposits at Lake Baikal in Siberia.
When the First World War broke out, he was held in Russia; He was only able to escape five years later, worked as an engineering geologist and in 1921 was appointed to the chair of geognosy at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna . Around 1928 he was appointed to succeed his teacher Becke at the University of Vienna and worked there until his death. His successor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in 1929 was the then extraordinary professor Leopold Kölbl . In 1941 Himmelbauer was elected dean at the University of Vienna .
Scientific work
In professional circles, Himmelbauer was considered knowledgeable and versatile, but his research was hindered by the time-related reorganization of the two institutes and illness. He wrote many essays on various branches of his science, but his latest research on the Augit gneiss of the Waldviertel remained unpublished.
The publications concerned a. the mineral topography and the paragenesis of salts and zeolites as well as the crystallography of natural and artificial compounds. He wrote important summaries for manuals such as Doelter-Leitmeier's Mineralchemie and Stutzer's depository of non-ores.
From 1925 he was co-editor of Gustav Tschermaks Mineralogisch-Petrorafischen Mitteilungen (TMPM). The Austrian Geological Society counted him among its members since 1911. In 1929 Himmelbauer was elected a corresponding and in 1931 a real member of the mathematical and natural science class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .
Himmelbauer's work on the mineralogy and petrography of the Waldviertel is still important today. The Horn district owes him the promotion of the graphite mining of Röhrenbach and the city of Vienna the geological advice on the new water supply .
literature
- Felix Machatschki : Himmelbauer, Alfred. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 171 ( digitized version ).
- H. Tertsch: Obituary for Alfred Himmelbauer . Almanach Akad. Wiss. 1943, pp. 202-208
- L. Walsmann: In memory of Alfred Himmelbauer. Mean Geological Society in Vienna 36. – 38. Volume, Vienna 1949 ( PDF )
- Magazine f. Crystal logotype, mineralogy a. Petrography 1943, Alfred Himmelbauer †
Web links
- Entry on Alfred Himmelbauer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Himmelbauer, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1943 |
| Place of death | Vienna |