Franz Eduard Suess
Franz Eduard Suess (also: Franz Eduard Sueß ; * October 7, 1867 , in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † January 25, 1941 ibid) was an Austrian geologist . He was the son of Eduard Suess . His son was the physical chemist and nuclear physicist Hans E. Suess (1909-1993).
Suess was a professor at the Technical University in Prague from 1908 to 1910 and professor at the University of Vienna from 1911 to 1938 . As a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna , he was deleted in 1940 by a decree of the Reich Minister of Education .
His research concerned crystalline basement mountains, in particular the Bohemian mass . He also did research in the field of hydrogeology and moldavites .
Suess introduced the term tektite into the scientific literature.
The asteroid (12002) Suess was named after him.
literature
- Sueß Franz Eduard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–,ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0, p. 33 f. (Direct links on p. 33 , p. 34 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Eduard Suess in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kukal (1999): Address of a Czech Geologist dedicated to the 150 Years Jubilee of the Geological Survey of Austria (Geologische Bundesanstalt) (PDF file; 2.13 MB)
Footnotes
- ^ Thus the request of the Academy President to leave Suess in the Academy was rejected. Franz Graf-Stuhlhofer : The Academy of Sciences in Vienna in the Third Reich. In: Christoph J. Scriba (ed.): The nation's elite in the Third Reich. The relationship of academies and their scientific environment to National Socialism (Acta historica Leopoldina; 22). Halle ad Saale 1995, pp. 133–159, there 137.
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SURNAME | Suess, Franz Eduard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian geologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1867 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1941 |
Place of death | Vienna |