Edgar Lehmann (geographer)

Edgar Theodor Lehmann (born March 25, 1905 in Berlin ; † November 24, 1990 in Ladenburg ) was a German geographer and cartographer .

Life

He received his PhD in 1930 in Berlin to Dr. rer. nat. with the dissertation on the German language island Gottschee in Slovenia . In 1940 Lehmann joined the NSDAP . In 1950 he took over the management of the German Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig with a teaching position at the University of Leipzig . In 1960 he was appointed full professor and director of the Geographical Institute at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig. In 1970, at the age of 65, he retired from active service.

Edgar Lehmann was the chairman of the scientific advisory board for local research, which published the book series values our homeland . The ETH Zurich awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1955. In 1983 he received the National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class (collectively), in 1965 the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and in 1985 in gold. In 1987 the Austrian Academy of Sciences made him an honorary member, and Lehmann was also a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR and the Saxon Academy of Sciences .

He died in Ladenburg near Mannheim in 1990.

literature

Short biography for: Lehmann, Edgar Theodor . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Literature by and about Edgar Lehmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Uni Leipzig: on the 100th birthday
Edgar Lehmann (geographer) in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig

Individual evidence

↑ Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lehmann, Edgar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lehmann, Edgar Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geographer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	November 24, 1990
Place of death	Ladenburg

[1] Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 .