Hans Leitmeier

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Hans Leitmeier (born October 24, 1885 in Vienna ; † June 8, 1967 there ) was an Austrian mineralogist .

Life

Leitmeier studied at the University of Graz from 1904/05 . Under the guidance of C. Doelter he worked on his dissertation "The basalt of Weitendorf in Styria and the minerals of its cavities", in 1908 he was approved. During this time he dealt with colloid chemistry . In 1916 he received the venia legendi . In the following years he was particularly interested in carbonates .

In 1925 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1929 he was extraordinary professor at the University of Vienna . In 1931 he completed Doelter's " Handbuch der Mineralchemie ". In 1938 he was removed from office because of his Jewish wife, and in 1945 he returned to the university. In 1946 Hans Leitmeier was elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

source

  • Vera MF Hammer, Franz Pertlik: Hans Leitmeier (1885-1967). Academic teacher, dean, researcher and collector at the transition from analytical to experimental mineralogy . In: Communications from the Austrian Mineralogical Society . tape 160 , no. 3 , 2014, ISSN  1680-8959 , p. 73-108 ( uibk.ac.at [PDF; 1.4 MB ; accessed on June 30, 2016] including catalog raisonné).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Hans Leitmeier at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Profile on the website of the University of Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Leitmeier, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1967
Place of death Vienna