Fritz Jaeger (geographer)

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Fritz Jaeger (born January 8, 1881 in Offenbach am Main ; died November 26, 1966 in Zurich ) was a German geographer and explorer . He later also became a Swiss citizen.

Life

From 1899 Jaeger studied mathematics, physics and later also geography and geology in Heidelberg, Zurich and Berlin. In 1904 he passed the senior teacher examination in Karlsruhe and went on a research trip to East Africa and Egypt . Stays in German East Africa followed . The first ascent to the summit of Mount Meru is attributed to Fritz Jaeger in 1904 and Carl Uhlig in 1901.

In 1909 he completed his habilitation in Berlin, where he received an extraordinary professorship for colonial geography in 1911 and became head of the colonial department of the Institute of Geography. In the years from 1914 to 1919 he undertook research trips through German South West Africa and South West Africa .

In 1925 he was given a full professorship for geography at the University of Basel , which he held until his retirement in 1947.

In 1926 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He was also the recipient of the silver Gustav Nachtigal Medal of the Society for Geography in Berlin (1918), the golden Eduard Vogel Medal of the Society for Geography in Leipzig (1921) and the golden Eduard Rüppell Medal of the Frankfurt Geographical Society .

Jaeger died on November 26, 1966 in Zurich.

Publications

A large collection of his original publications from the years 1914–1919 is in the National Archives of Namibia . In addition, numerous publications, especially photos, are in the possession of the Namibia Scientific Society .

  • Geographical Landscapes of South West Africa . In: Scientific Research in South West Africa, Volume 2. SWA Wissenschaftl. Society., Windhoek 1965
  • Africa: Compendio de geografía . With Felix Blanco. Unión Tipográfico Editorial Hispano Americana, 1964
  • The dry seas of the earth . In: A. Petermann's Mitteilungen from Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, No. 236. J. Perthes, Gotha 1939
  • Arid borders in Algeria . In: A. Petermann's Mitteilungen from Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, No. 223. J. Perthes, Gotha 1936
  • Africa . 3. Edition. Bibliographer. Institute, Leipzig 1928
  • Research on the diluvial climate in Mexico . J. Perthes, Gotha 1926
  • Central America, Mexico and the West Indies . With Otto Lutz. In: Bibliotheca cosmographica, Vol. 40, Part 3. EA Seemanns Lichtbildanstalt, Leipzig 1926
  • Africa. Part: 2., human geography and its culture . W. de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1925
  • Africa. Part: 1., Physical Geography . W. de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1925
  • Contributions to the geography of South West Africa . With Leo Waibel . In: Messages from the German Protected Areas, Erg. H. No. 14. Mittler, Berlin 1920
  • The highlands of the giant craters and the surrounding highlands of German East Africa / T. 2., geographical description . Mittler, Berlin 1911–1913
  • The highlands of the giant craters and the surrounding highlands of German East Africa / T. 1. Tasks a. Course . With contributions by A. Wedemeyer, L. Ambronn, L. Finckh, Bernhard Struck et al. Mittler, Berlin 1911–1913
  • The East African fracture stage and the adjacent areas between the lakes Magad and Lawa ja Mweri and the western foot of the Meru . With Carl Uhlig . German Inst. F. Regional geography - Leipzig: Hirt & Sohn, Leipzig 1909
  • About surface design in the Odenwald . In: Research on German regional and folklore, Vol. 15, H. 3. J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1904

literature

  • Carl Troll:  Jaeger, Fritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 276 ( digitized version ).
  • Carl Troll: Fritz Jaeger: a researcher's life , in: Mitteilungen der Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft , issue 15/16, 1969, pp. 3-31.
  • Friedrich Linnenberg: Directory of the scientific publications by Fritz Jaeger , in: Mitteilungen der Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft , edition 15/17, 1969, pp. 33–46.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dr. Karsten Jedlitschka: Leopoldina Archive, N 13 Fritz Jaeger, Halle in June 2007
  2. ↑ F Jaeger on www.ntz.info , accessed on September 11, 2017
  3. ^ Member entry of Fritz Jaeger at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on September 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Accession A.001 F. Jaeger. National Archives of Namibia, January 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Jaeger, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunter, Friedrich Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Geographer and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1966
Place of death Zurich