Eva Paproth
Eva Paproth (born February 9, 1928 in Berlin ) is a German paleontologist .
Paproth went to school in Schwerin and Berlin. After graduating from high school in 1947, she studied geology, palaeontology and geophysics at the University of Göttingen and in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1953 she received her doctorate in Göttingen ( on the stratigraphy and facies of the Kulm in the Eder area ). From 1953 until her retirement in 1990 she was at the Geological State Office of North Rhine-Westphalia, most recently as Geology Director.
She was a member and temporarily chair of the Stratigraphy Commission for the Carboniferous of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the working group on the Devonian- Carboniferous border .
In 1995 she became an honorary member of the Paleontological Society . She is an associate member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences (1996) and an honorary member of the Geological Society of London and the Belgian Geological Society. In 1993 she received the Hans Stille Medal . In 1982 she became Chevalier de l ' ordre de la Couronne . Paproth holds honorary doctorates from Trinity College in Dublin and the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. From 1989 to 1993 she was chairwoman of the professional group of German geoscientists (BDG).
Web links
- Eva Paproth in the database of renowned scientists AcademiaNet
- Literature by and about Eva Paproth in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dates of birth according to August Ludwig Degener u. a. Who is Who , Schmidt-Römhild, 2000
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paproth, Eva |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |