Christel Tennyson
Christel Tennyson (born December 23, 1925 in Reval ; † November 16, 2010 in Roth ) was a German mineralogist and professor emeritus at the Technical University of Berlin .
Life
After attending grammar school in Reval and Krotoschin , Tennyson began her studies of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Regensburg , which she completed with her doctorate in 1953 at the Technical University of Berlin .
Tennyson initially worked as an assistant to Hugo Strunz at the Institute for Mineralogy in Berlin and Friedrich Hegemann at the State Research Institute for Applied Mineralogy in Regensburg, but then in 1956 became head of the X-ray department at the Institute for Mineralogy and Crystallography at the TU Berlin. From 1963 she was also in charge of their mineralogical collection as an academic adviser and curator. Four years later, she completed her habilitation with her work on the systematics of borates and was appointed professor of mineralogy and crystallography.
Christel Tennyson was known throughout her life as a tireless, meticulous and conscientious scientist and university professor who, despite her numerous positions in the DMG and IMA and her scientific work on the special mineralogy of the Upper Palatinate and the Bavarian Forest, did not miss any of her courses.
Works
- 1953: Phosphoferrite and Reddingite from Hagendorf-Süd in Eastern Bavaria
- 1963: On the systematics of borates on a crystal chemical basis
- 1966 and 1970: Complete revision and expansion of the 4th and 5th edition of the Mineralogical Tables , the complete work on the classification of minerals on the basis of crystal chemistry with an introduction to crystal chemistry in collaboration with the first author Karl Hugo Strunz .
literature
- Susanne Hertig-Agthe: We mourn the loss of Prof. Dr. Christel Tennyson , in: Association of Friends of Mineralogy and Geology (Ed.): Der Aufschluss , Volume 3/2011, ISSN 0004-7856 , pp. 129–130
Web links
- Literature by and about Christel Tennyson in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tennyson, Christel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mineralogist and professor emeritus at the Technical University of Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2010 |
| Place of death | Roth |