Emil Philippi
Emil Philippi (born December 4, 1871 in Breslau , † February 27, 1910 in Helwan , Egypt) was a German geologist and university professor.
Life
Philippi studied geography and descriptive natural sciences at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University and at the Kaiser Wilhelm University of Strasbourg . In 1890 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Breslau . In 1895 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . From 1897 to 1900 he was an assistant at the geological-paleontological museum of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . There he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer . Through stratigraphic and tectonic research in O. of Lake Como and palaeontological work, Philippi had gained professional reputation early on. As a geologist for the German South Polar Expedition under the direction of Erich von Drygalski , he devoted himself in particular to chemical-geological investigations from 1901 to 1903. Except for one important work on the stratification of marine sediments, he was unable to complete it. He wrote about glacial phenomena in Antarctica and the Permian glacial in South Africa. He worked with John Murray on the sediment samples collected by the German Deep Sea Expedition . His last work dealt with the climatic conditions of the past. In the summer of 1906 he took part in the International Geological Congress in Mexico. In autumn of the same year he became an associate professor for geology and paleontology at the University of Jena . He read especially about the geology of the German low mountain range and petrification science. With Gottlob Linck , he led stratigraphic and paleontological exercises. At the age of only 38 he died of poisoning near Cairo , where he was recovering from a serious illness.
Namesake
He is the first to describe numerous species of the Germanic Triassic . In Antarctica, these are Cape Philippi in Victoria Land , the Philippi Rise Peninsula in Graham Land and the Philippi Glacier in Kaiser Wilhelm II Land. South Georgia's Philippi Glacier also bears his name, as does the Philippi Canyon and the Philippibank in the Southern Ocean. He is also the namesake for the Philippi Head on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean.
Fonts
- The fauna of the lower Trigonodus dolomite from the Hühnerfeld near Schwieberdingen and the so-called “Cannstatter Kreidemergels”. Annual notebooks of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg, 54. pp. 145–227, panels IV - IX, Stuttgart 1898.
- About two new two-shell species with a paleozoic habit made from German shell limestone. In: Journal of the German Geological Society , 51, negotiation, Berlin 1899, pp. 62–67
- The ceratites of the upper German Muschelkalk. Paleontological treatises. New series, volume 4, pp. 347–458, 19 illustrations, 21 plates, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Jena 1901.
- Geological description of the Gaussberg. Reimer, Berlin 1906.
- Geological observations on Possession Island (Crozet Group). Reimer, Berlin 1908.
- Icebergs and Ice Cap in Antarctica. Borntraeger brothers, Berlin 1910.
literature
- Academic monthly books 27 (1910/11), p. 34
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 18/636.
- ↑ Carl Chun : From the depths of the ocean. Descriptions of the German deep-sea expedition . Gustav Fischer, Jena 1900.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philippi, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and university professor in Jena |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1910 |
| Place of death | Helwan , Egypt |