Hans Lenk (geologist)

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Hans Lenk (born May 17, 1863 in Munich ; † February 21, 1938 in Aschau im Chiemgau ) was a German geologist and mineralogist and professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg .

Life

Lenk's father was a secret ministerial secretary and Lenk went to high school in Würzburg. From 1882 Lenk studied natural sciences in Würzburg, Leipzig and Gießen and received his doctorate in Würzburg in 1887. In 1890 he completed his habilitation and became a private lecturer and in 1895 an associate professor at the University of Leipzig . In 1895 he became an associate professor at the University of Erlangen and founder of the Geological-Mineralogical Institute there. In 1898 he became a full professor. On April 1, 1899 ( matriculation no. 3122 ) he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1933 he retired. In 1923 he became a Privy Councilor and later a Privy Councilor.

He researched the geology of central Mexico (with publications between 1883 and 1899) and in Erlangen the geology of Franconia.

His doctoral students also include the first woman to receive a doctorate in Erlangen, the American Dixie Lee Bryant in 1904 with a thesis on rocks from Svalbard.

Fonts

  • For geological knowledge of the southern Rhön. In: Negotiations of the Physico-Medical Society in Würzburg New Series, 21, 1–112, Würzburg 1887 ( archive )
  • Geological-petrographic reports about the Valle de Mexico. Leipzig 1890 (habilitation)
  • About the geological conditions in the area around Erlangen with regard to the urban water supply. Leipzig, Festschrift I. Rosenthal 1906
  • with Johannes Paul Felix : Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Republic of Mexico. 3 volumes, Schweitzerbart 1890 to 1899 (in it by Lenk: Studies on rocks from the Mexican state Oaxaca )
  • with J. Felix: Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Republic of Mexico . I. Theil, Arthur Felix, Leipzig 1890 ( archive )
  • with J. Felix: Overview of the geological conditions in the Mexican state of Puebla. In: Palaeontographica, Volume 37, 1891, pp. 118–199 ( Archives )
  • About the nature of the earth's interior , Erlangen 1909
  • Introduction to mineralogy , Berlin: Stilke 1933

literature

  • Franz Tichy: On the history of geosciences in and around Erlangen. In: Mitt. Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft, Volume 40, 1993, pp. 1-18

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Hans Lenk at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on September 7, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Lenk, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1938
Place of death Aschau im Chiemgau