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Gustav Otto Kerl (born May 7, 1882 in Hildesheim , † February 7, 1962 in Hanover ) was a German geodesist and professor of geodesy at the Technical University of Hanover .
Life
After graduating from high school, Gustav Otto Kerl studied geodesy at the Agricultural University in Berlin . In the summer semester of 1901 he became a member of the Saxonia ad chain, the later RSC-Corps Saxonia-Berlin. In the spring of 1903 he passed the surveyor's examination in Prussia before the Berlin examination board. Until 1907 he was assistant for geodesy at the Agricultural University in Berlin and became Dr. phil. PhD. Afterwards he embarked on a career in civil service . From 1912 to 1928 he was head of the land registry office in Herne in Westphalia .
From 1926 to 1936 he was appointed to the Ministry of Finance in Berlin, combined with a teaching position for official surveying at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg . From 1937 until his retirement in 1947, he headed the main department VII of the Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme based in Hanover.
In 1939 he received a teaching position at the Geodetic Institute from Paul Gast at the Technical University of Hanover, which he held until 1950.
The focus of the teaching of Gustav Otto Kerl was on the area of official matters of surveying and the official requirements for this.
literature
- Carl Weigandt: History of the Corps Saxonia-Berlin to Aachen 1867-1967 , Aachen 1968.
- Fellow, Otto . In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1961 . 9th Edition, Volume A-N, p. 953.
- TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Professorum. The faculty of the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1856 , Hanover: Technical University of 1956, p. 150.
Web links
- Gottfried Konecny: 125 years of geodesy and geoinformatics at the University of Hanover , Hanover, 2006 (PDF; 2.4 MB)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guy, Gustav Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geodesist and professor at the TH Hannover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1962 |
| Place of death | Hanover |