Bernhard Studer (geologist)

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Bernhard Studer

Bernhard Rudolf Studer (born August 21, 1794 in Büren an der Aare , †  May 2, 1887 in Bern ) was a Swiss geologist , mineralogist and alpinist.

Life

Studer was the son of the Bernese theologian and dean Samuel Studer and his wife Maria Margaretha (born Walther 1766-1805). He first studied theology and mathematics and between 1816 and 1818 astronomy and geology , but had been teaching mathematics at the Bern grammar school since 1815. In 1816 he completed his studies in theology and then studied from 1816 to 1818 in Göttingen and at the Bergakademie Freiberg. From 1818 he was again a teacher at the Bern high school. At the same time, he gave lectures on physics and mathematics at the Bern Academy and headed the mineralogical collection of the Canton of Bern. In 1820 he visited Paris . He then accompanied Leopold von Buch on his travels through the Alps . In 1825, the cantonal government in Bern appointed him to the newly established chair of geology, which he held until 1873.

Studer was also professor of mineralogy at the University of Bern from 1834 . In 1879 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London . From 1854 he was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1845 he also became a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and since 1882 a foreign member of the Prussian Order pour le merite for science and the arts. Since 1855 he was an honorary member ( Honorary Fellow ) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1860 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and in 1874 of the Académie des Sciences . In 1882, Studer was also accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

He was married to Susanna Louise (born May 27, 1810 in Bern; † August 11, 1874 ibid), a daughter of pastor Samuel Gottlieb Hünerwadel , since March 1 .

Bernhard Studer died on May 2, 1887 in Bern. He was the cousin of Gottlieb Samuel Studer and brother of the theologian Gottlieb Ludwig Studer .

Fonts

  • Contributions to a monograph on molasses . Bern 1825
  • Geology of the western Swiss Alps . Heidelberg 1834
  • Foundations of Mathematical Geography . Bern 1836
  • Geology of Switzerland . 2 vols. Bern 1851-1853 ( volume 1 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Order pour le merite for science and the arts. The members of the order. Volume II, p. 14, Gebr. Mann-Verlag, Berlin 1978.
  2. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 236.
  4. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter S. Académie des sciences, accessed on March 6, 2020 (French).
  5. ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1850–1899 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 24, 2015
  6. ↑ Bernese families - persons. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .

literature

  • Wilhelm von Gümbel:  Studer, Bernhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 731-734.
  • L. Rütimeyer : Prof. Bernhard Studer. Born August 21, 1794, died May 2, 1887 . In: Negotiations of the Swiss Natural Research Society. Frauenfeld, August 7th, 8th and 9th, 1887. 70th annual meeting. Annual report 1886/87 . J. Huber's Buchdruckerei, Frauenfeld 1887, enclosures. B. Necrologist, S. 177-204 ( online at archive.org [accessed September 17, 2012]).

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personal data
SURNAME Studer, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Studer, Bernhard Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss geologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Büren on the Aare
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1887
Place of death Bern