Georg Ernst Wilhelm Berg

Georg Ernst Wilhelm Berg (born August 13, 1878 in Dresden , † November 13, 1946 in Berlin ) was a German geologist and mineralogist .

Georg Berg first attended the Holy Cross grammar school in Dresden and graduated from the Annenreal grammar school at Easter 1896 . He then studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg and obtained his diploma as a mining engineer in autumn 1901. In 1901 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig , where he received his doctorate in 1903 with a thesis on the magnetic iron ore bearings of Schmiedeberg in the Giant Mountains. From 1903 until its dissolution on April 1, 1939, he worked at the Prussian State Geological Institute .

He delivered significant work on petrography , geochemistry and reservoir science .

In 1946 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Fonts

• The magnetic iron ore depot at Schmiedeberg in the Giant Mountains . AW Schade, Berlin 1903 Archives
• The microscopic examination of the ore deposits . Borntraeger Brothers, Berlin 1915 Archives
• The granite of the Krkonoše and its dike rocks (petrographic studies) . Papers of the Prussian Geological State Institute, NF, 94, Berlin 1923
• with Fritz Behrend : Chemical Geology . F. Enke, Stuttgart 1927
• Occurrence and geochemistry of mineral raw materials. Introduction to geochemistry and reservoir theory, especially for chemists and students of general natural sciences. Academic Publishing Company, Leipzig 1929
• The occurrence of the chemical elements on earth . JA Barth, Leipzig 1932
• Comparative petrography of oolitic iron ores . Archive for deposit research, 76, Reich Office for Soil Research, Berlin 1944

literature

• Curriculum vitae in his dissertation (1903) archives

Web links

• Georg Berg's membership entry at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on April 4, 2017.
• Entry Berg, Georg in the PGLA geologist list (with picture)