Ernst Tams
Ernst Tams (born January 24, 1882 in Hamburg , † November 16, 1963 in Hamburg) was a German geophysicist and head of the main station for earthquake research at the University of Hamburg .
Live and act
During his studies Tams was in 1900 a member of the Black Castle Bund - connection Burschenschaft Germania Göttingen . Tams became an assistant at the Hamburg State Physical Laboratory in 1908 and offered lectures on geophysics from 1911. In 1932 he became ao. Professor of Seismology and 1939 adjunct professor in Hamburg. Since April 1933 he was a member of the NSDAP and in November 1933 signed the professors' commitment to Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges . In 1946 he retired.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Tams in the catalog of the German National Library
- History of the Geophysical Institute Hamburg m. Illustration by Ernst Tams
literature
- Ernst Klee: The Personal Lexicon for the Third Reich , Frankfurt a. M. 2003, p. 617
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 140 No. 3202.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tams, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tams, Ernst Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geophysicist and earthquake researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1963 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |