Andreas Gutzwiller

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andreas Gutzwiller (born September 12, 1845 in Therwil ; † September 14, 1917 ) was a Swiss geologist and teacher at the upper secondary school in Basel .

biography

Gutzwiller studied natural sciences in Zurich and geology in Paris. He was first a teacher in St. Gallen and from 1876 in Basel at the upper secondary school (trade school).

Gutzwiller was one of the pioneers in researching the geology of the Swiss Jura in the area around Basel. In particular, he carried out a detailed stratigraphic study of the Tertiary and Quaternary ( Pleistocene ) in the Basel area.

Sheet 4 ( St. Gallen , Frauenfeld ) of the geological map of Switzerland from 1879 comes from him as well as from Ferdinand Schalch and Julius Schill. A part of the geological map of Basel from 1915 comes from him and his friend Eduard Greppin .

literature

  • Hansjörg Schmassmann: History of geological research in the Basel area 1900–1949, activity report of the Natural Research Society Baselland, Volume 18, 1948/49, p. 44 (with photo)

Fonts

  • The distribution area of ​​the Sentis Glacier during the Ice Age: a contribution to the map of the Quaternary formations of Switzerland, report on the activities of St. Gallen Naturf. Ges., 1873, pp. 80-155
  • The Eocene freshwater limestone in the Plateau Jura near Basel, treatises of the Swiss Palaeontological Society 32, 1905
  • with Franz Joseph Kaufmann, Casimir Moesch, Karl Mayer: Geological description of the canton of St. Gallen and its surroundings, contributions to the geological map of Switzerland, Bern: Dalp 1877–1881
  • Geological description of the canton St. Gallen and its surroundings, part 1, geological description of the molasses and the younger formations, contributions to geolog. Map of Switzerland 14.1, Bern, Dalp 1877
  • with Franz Joseph Kaufmann: Geological description of the canton of St. Gallen and its surroundings, part 2: Limestone and slate areas in the cantons of Schwyz and Zug and the Bürgenstock near Stanz, contributions to the geolog. Map of Switzerland 14.2, Bern 1877
  • with Ferdinand Schalch: Geological description of the cantons of St. Gallen, Thurgau and Schaffhausen. 2 The area north of the Rhine (Canton Schaffhausen, Höhgau and Schienerberg), contributions to the geolog. Map of Switzerland, Bern 1883
  • The loess with special consideration of its occurrence near Basel, Basel 1894
  • A study trip to the Canary Islands, reports Realschule Basel, 1909

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ E-rara , ETH Zurich
  2. ↑ Worldcat entry on Geolog. Map of Basel, part 1, Gempenplateau and lower Birstal, as well as part 2, SW Hügelland with Birsigtal, 1917 (with Eduard Greppin)
personal data
SURNAME Gutzwiller, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Therwil
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1917