Georg Menzer
Georg Menzer (born May 4, 1897 in Riga , † October 13, 1989 in Gauting ) was a German crystallographer and mineralogist .
Georg Menzer was the son of the master electrician Heinrich Menzer (1875–1942) and his wife Adele Reinolt (1876–1952). Since he was expelled from Riga in 1918 for alleged treason, he was only able to take his Abitur in 1920 in Stettin . After studying physics, chemistry and mineralogy, Menzer was appointed head of the German Institute for Gemstone Research at the University of Berlin in 1927. In 1930 he received his doctorate here. His habilitation followed a year later. Menzer was appointed research associate at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics under Max von Laue and in 1940 he was appointed associate professor.
In 1947 Menzer went to Tübingen , two years later he became a full professor for crystallography and mineralogy at the University of Munich . At the same time he became director of the local mineralogical state collection . In 1963 he retired.
The most important scientific works by Menzer are the structural analyzes of garnet and eulytin. From 1940 to 1945 and from 1954 to 1977 he was co-editor of the Zeitschrift für Kristallographie . In 1959 Menzer became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
The mineral Menzerite- (Y) of the garnet structural group is named after Georg Menzer.
literature
- Heinz Jagodzinski : Menzer, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 108 f. ( Digitized version ).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menzer, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German crystallographer and mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1989 |
| Place of death | Gauting |