Carl Ferdinand Peters

Carl Ferdinand Peters

Carl Ferdinand Peters , also Karl Ferdinand Peters, (born August 13, 1825 in Liebshausen Castle , Bohemia ; † November 7, 1881 in Graz ) was a doctor , geologist , mineralogist and paleontologist .

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Carl Ferdinand Peters was born the son of the bailiff and estate manager Leopold Peters (1791–1855) and Karoline (née Reuss, daughter of Franz Ambrosius Reuss ) in Liebshausen Castle near Libčeves .

On March 27, 1849, Carl Ferdinand Peters received his doctoral degree in Vienna, which was supplemented by a surgical doctorate in March 1850. After completing his medical training, he decided to stop practicing the profession of doctor in favor of earth sciences. From October 25, 1850 he became a teacher of natural history and geography at the secondary school in Graz. In 1852 he moved to the Kaiserlich-Königlich Geologische Reichsanstalt in Vienna, founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I. in 1849 (today the Federal Geological Institute ). With the work of the chief geologist Marko Vincenc Lipold and his two auxiliary geologists Dionýs Stur and Peters, from 1853 a. a. advanced basic research into the Tauern Window.

In 1854 Peters finally completed his habilitation and was appointed professor of mineralogy at the University of Pest on November 15, 1855. On February 17, 1861, he received the chair for geognosy in Vienna as a full professor. The appointment as professor of mineralogy and geology at the University of Graz followed on February 28, 1864. In the academic year 1866/67 Peters acted as dean of the local philosophy faculty.

Due to his increasingly deteriorating state of health, in September 1881 he applied for permanent retirement from December 1, 1881, but then died on November 7, 1881 at the age of only 56 years.

Peters was married to Anna Maria Blumfeld (1833–1864) for the first time, and their children Selma, Otto , Hubert, Martha and Theodor were born out of this marriage . After Anna's death, Peters married her sister Leopoldine (1839-1892), from this marriage Guido and Erwin were born.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Peters, Karl Ferdinand . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 78–80 ( digitized version ).
• Wilhelm von Gümbel:  Peters, Karl Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 488 f.
• Franz von Hauer : Prof. Dr. Carl Peters: born August 13, 1825, died November 7, 1881 . in: Yearbook of the Imperial Geological Institute, vol. 31, Vienna 1881, pp. 425–430 ( digitized version ; PDF; 407 kB)
• Bernhard Hubmann: Carl Ferdinand Peters (1825–1881). Contribution to his biography. In: Reports of the Federal Geological Institute , Volume 53, Vienna 2001, ISSN  1017-8880 ( PDF 2.14 MB )

Web links

• Works by and about Carl Ferdinand Peters  in the German Digital Library
• K. Frencl: Carl Ferdinand Peters (1825–1881) and his work in Vienna. (No longer available online.) In: Reports of the Federal Geological Institute , 69. 2006 formerly in the original .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
• Bernhard Hubmann : Carl Ferdinand Peters (1825–1881) and his work in Vienna. (pdf, 1.4 MB) In: Reports of the Institute for Geology and Paleontology of the Karl-Franzens University Graz / Austria, 1. 2000, pp. 4–17 (saved on the website of the Federal Geological Institute ). 
• Bernhard Hubmann: The Institute for Geology and Paleontology at the University of Graz. University of Graz , May 16, 2013 . 
• Carl Ferdinand Peters: The geological conditions of the Oberpinzgau, especially the Central Alps. In: Yearbook of the Imperial and Royal Geol. Reichsanstalt; 5, 4. 1854, pp. 766-808 .