Bruno Weigand

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Bruno Weigand (born December 24, 1850 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia ; † November 24, 1923 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German teacher, geologist and entomologist .

Life

Weigand made his secondary school diploma in Bromberg in 1870 to volunteer in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 . After the peace treaty he studied natural sciences and mathematics in Berlin for the first two semesters and then switched to the newly established University of Strasbourg to complete his studies with the state examination for teaching with a doctorate on "The Serpentine in the Vosges". Afterwards he worked both in the school service and at the geognostic-palaeontological institute of the Strasbourg University. From 1891 he took part in all international geology congresses. For the geological state institute of Alsace-Lorraine, he edited the recording of the sheet Wasselnheim and the surrounding area. After Alsace-Lorraine fell to France after the First World War , he had to leave Strasbourg and moved to Freiburg im Breisgau in 1919.

Memberships

honors and awards

Fonts

  • The serpentine of the Vosges . Inaugural dissertation of the Mathematics and Natural Science Faculty of the University of Strasbourg, submitted on May 5, 1875 by B. Weigand
  • VI. The serpentine of the Vosges . In: Mineralogische Mittheilungen, Alfred Hölder, Vienna 1875, pp. 183-209 digitized
  • Annual report on the observation of earthquakes at the main earthquake research station in Strasbourg i. E. during the 1903 calendar year . In: Contributions to Geophysics, 7, 1905, 480–492
  • Deeckes "Geology of Baden" . In: Communications of the Baden State Association for Natural History and Nature Conservation, NF 1, 1919–1925 (1920), 102–108 digitized
  • The dipteras of the Upper Rhine. Contribution to a directory . In: Communications from the Baden Entomological Association, 1, 1923–1925, 1–7
  • As editor: Archibald Geikie : Short textbook of physical geography. Authorized German edition by Bruno Weigand. Verlag von Karl J. Trübner, 2. improved a. increased edition, Strasbourg 1908

literature

  • Wilhelm Spitz: Bruno Weigand †. In: Communications from the Baden Regional Association for Natural History and Nature Conservation in Freiburg i. Br., Volume 1, 12/13, 1924, pp. 273-274 digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Membership directory of the German Geological Society 1921, digital copy
  2. ↑ Geologische Rundschau, 3, 3, May 21, 1912, p. 218
personal data
SURNAME Weigand, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, geologist and entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlhausen / Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1923
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau