Carl Schott (geographer)

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Carl Schott (born February 12, 1905 in Jena , † December 22, 1990 in Marburg ) was a German geographer .

Life

After Carl Schott, the son of a lawyer and university professor, 1925 at St. John High School in Breslau the matriculation examination had taken off, he devoted himself at the Universities of Wroclaw , Innsbruck , Berlin and Toronto studies of geography, geology, meteorology, philosophy, ethnology and biology before 1930 at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin for Dr. phil. received his doctorate.

As a result , Carl Schott completed his habilitation in geography at the University of Kiel in 1936 , where he was appointed adjunct professor in 1942. In 1944 he moved with his mentor Oskar Schmieder to the University of Halle , where he was briefly assigned as a lecturer in 1945 . A teaching position did not materialize because he had to do military service before he was captured in 1945.

In 1946, Schott returned to the University of Kiel before he received a scheduled associate proficiency at RWTH Aachen University in 1954 . In 1955 he accepted the chair for geography at the University of Marburg , which he held until his retirement in 1970. In addition, Schott acted from 1955 to 1973 as chairman of the central committee for German regional studies.

In his scientific work, Carl Schott primarily dealt with the regional studies of Germany, Canada and the Mediterranean countries .

Works (selection)

  • The block seas in the German low mountain range, 1931
  • Land grabbing and colonization using the example of southern Ontario, 1936
  • The Canadian Marshes, 1955
  • The natural landscapes of Schleswig-Holstein . Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1955.
  • Canada. Economic and socio-geographic developments and problems, 1985

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personal data
SURNAME Schott, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1990
Place of death Marburg