Friedrich Tornau
Friedrich Karl August Tornau (born January 11, 1877 in Berlin , † November 14, 1914 in Breslau ) was a German geologist.
After graduating from the Königstädtisches Realgymnasium in Berlin in 1896, he embarked on a career in mining and became a mining enthusiast in Clausthal. He then studied at the Bergakademie in Berlin and passed the legal trainee examination in 1901. In 1901 he became an auxiliary geologist at the Prussian Geological State Institute (PGLA) and in 1902 he received his doctorate at the University of Gießen (Der Flößberg near Zabrze. A contribution to the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Upper Silesian coal basin). In 1910 he became a district geologist.
At the PGLA he was initially employed in the Upper Silesian coal mining area and participated in the recording of the geological map of Tarnowitz in 1901, 1902 and 1905 (the region was also the subject of his dissertation). In 1902 he was also involved in the mapping of the moors around Lingen in the Emsland and in 1906 in that of the lowlands around Breslau . From 1907 he was in East Prussia ( Samland , where he also received older tertiary strata in addition to those influenced by the Pleistocene Ice Age, and the area south of Pregel ). During the First World War he was an officer (first lieutenant) at the front and was so badly wounded in the fighting around Warsaw in November 1914 that he died soon after in the hospital in Beslau. He received the Iron Cross.
He was twice in German East Africa, once from the end of 1902 to June 1905 as the successor to Willi Koert (1875–1927), where he successfully explored drinking water resources near Dar es Salaam and on the caravan route from Kilwa to Songea, but also gold and mineral deposits, and a second time from November 1910 to June 1911. He was supposed to explore the geology for the planned extension of the German-East African Central Railway to Lake Tanganyika . A publication was published about it, but he was no longer able to complete the work.
In 1898 he was elected a member of the German Geological Society. In 1910 he took part in the International Geological Congress in Stockholm.
In 1908 he married Charlotte Fiebelkorn, with whom he had a son.
Fonts
- with W. Koert: On the geology and hydrology of Daressalam and Tanga (German East Africa), Abh. Preuss. Geolog. Landesanstalt, No. 63, 1910
- The geological and hydrological conditions on the Kilwa-Songea caravan route, reports on agriculture and forestry in German East Africa, II, 1906, p. 128
- The gold deposits of German East Africa, in particular description of the newly discovered gold veins in the vicinity of Ikoma, reports on agriculture and forestry in German East Africa, 1906
- On the geology of the central and western part of German East Africa, contributions to the geological research of the German protected areas, ed. Kgl. Geol. Landesanstalt, No. 6, 1913
- The usable mineral deposits, especially the gold deposits in German East Africa, monthly reports of the German Geological Society, 1907, No. 3, pp. 60–75
literature
- Obituary in: Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 66, Monthly Reports 1914, No. 12, pp. 410–414 (with list of publications), Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ Yearbook of the Preuss. Geolog. State institute 1902
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tornau, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tornau, Friedrich Karl August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1914 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |