Georg Haltmeyer

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Georg Haltmeyer (born December 12, 1803 in Hörbranz ( Vorarlberg ), † October 29, 1867 in Vienna ) was an Austrian geoscientist and university director.

Life

Georg Haltmeyer first studied medicine and philosophy and received his doctorate in Vienna in 1835 (Dr. med.). He then worked as a university assistant at the mineralogical and zoological chair at the University of Vienna. He was a student of the mineralogist Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839). Regardless of his studies, he headed the mineralogical collection of the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz for over 20 years , and taught mineralogy and geognosy . In 1842 he was appointed professor in Graz, in 1843 as curator of the mineralogical collection of the Joanneum and in 1846 as deputy director of the Joanneum.

Georg Haltmeyer was appointed and appointed director of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute (today Vienna University of Technology ) in 1858. After the drafting and approval of a statute under his leadership, the Polytechnic received freely elected rectors after his term of office. In 1866 he retired.

plant

  • Georg Haltmeyer; Franz Leydolt (ed.), Friedrich Mohs and his work in scientific terms - a biographical attempt, designed and used for the unveiling ceremony of his monument in st. Johanneums-Garten zu Grätz , Vienna 1843, Kaulfuss & Prandel.

literature

  • Claudia Helbok: Important Vorarlbergers. 30 life pictures from a series (= Dornbirner Studiohefte. 2). ORF-Landesstudio Vorarlberg, Dornbirn 1967, p. 43 f .;
  • Graz University of Technology, Archduke Johann - visionary and pioneer of TU Graz , special edition May 2009 online .
  • Haltmeyer Georg. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 163.
  • Commemorative text from the professorial college (ed.), Edited by Joseph Neuwirth, The kk Technische Hochschule in Vienna 1815-1915 , Vienna 1915, self-published by the kk Technische Hochschule.
  • Wiener Zeitung , issue of October 31, 1867.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The families with the name Haltmayer (also: Haltmeier, Haltmaier) probably come from Bregenz ; Source: Siegfried Heim in Heimat Wolfurt - Zeitschrift des Heimatkundekreis ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Issue 24, May 2000, p. 13. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.agi-imc.de
  2. ^ Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815 - 1950 online , p. 163; See also Claudia Helbok: Important Vorarlbergers. 30 life pictures from a series (= Dornbirner Studiohefte. 2). ORF regional studio Vorarlberg, Dornbirn 1967, p. 43.
  3. ↑ Graz University of Technology, Archduke Johann - visionary and pioneer of Graz University of Technology , special edition May 2009, p. 12.
  4. ^ Claudia Helbok: Important Vorarlbergers. 30 life pictures from a series (= Dornbirner Studiohefte. 2). ORF regional studio Vorarlberg, Dornbirn 1967, p. 43.
  5. ↑ Graz University of Technology, Archduke Johann - visionary and pioneer of Graz University of Technology , special edition May 2009, p. 13.
  6. ↑ This was approved by Emperor Franz Josef I on October 17, 1865 .
  7. ↑ See history of the TU Wien .
  8. ↑ The first freely elected rector was Joseph Herr (1819–1884), Professor of Mathematics, Theoretical and Practical Geometry in Graz - quoted from Graz University of Technology, Archduke Johann - visionary and pioneer of Graz University of Technology , special edition May 2009, p. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Haltmeyer, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geoscientist and university director
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Hörbranz ( Vorarlberg )
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1867
Place of death Vienna