Gustav Hofmann (meteorologist)
Gustav Hofmann (born December 25, 1921 in Dürr , Eger district , Czechoslovakia ; † January 28, 2015 ) was a German meteorologist , physicist and university professor .
Life
The native Sudeten German Gustav Hofmann, son of the farmer Adam Hofmann and Marie-born Wirnitzer, who graduated from high school in Eger in 1940, then turned to studying physics at the German University in Prague , which he had to interrupt in 1942 due to the war. After moving to Germany, Gustav Hofmann continued his studies in 1946 at the University of Munich , in 1947 he obtained the academic degree of a physicist, in 1951 he was awarded a Dr. rer. nat. PhD.
After years of assistantship, he completed his habilitation in 1956 as a private lecturer in the subject of meteorology in Munich, where he was appointed adjunct professor in 1962 . In 1965 Gustav Hofmann accepted the call to the professorship for meteorology at the University of Cologne , where he also took over the management of the institute of the same name. In 1972 he returned to Munich in the same position, and in 1987 he retired .
Hofmann, who stood out in particular with his contributions to micrometeorology, was accepted into the Sudeten German Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1979 as a full member of the natural science class .
Gustav Hofmann married Gertrud, née Vogl, in 1947, with whom he had two children named Waltraud and Walter. Hofmann died in 2015.
Publications
- A device for registering the soil humidity, dissertation , Munich, 1951
- The thermodynamics of dew formation, German Weather Service, Bad Kissingen, 1955
- Meteorological instrument internship, University, Meteorological Institute, Munich, 1960
- With Helmut Kraus, Gerhard Manier: Results of the measurements of temperature and wind stratification at the meteorological station at the research reactor in Munich from July 1, 1961 to February 28, 1962, University, Meteorological Institute, Munich, 1962
- With Helmut Kraus: The construction of the meteorological station at the research reactor Munich, University, Meteorological Institute, Munich, 1964
literature
- Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3-110-07434-6 , Volume 1, p. 1597.
- August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? : the German who's who, Volume 42 , Schmidt-Römhild, 2003 ISBN 3-7950-2032-8 . P. 614.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Hofmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Part of the LMU in Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 7, 2015, p. 21
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German meteorologist, physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dürr, Eger district |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2015 |