Hans Penndorf
Hans Penndorf (born January 10, 1879 in Köstritz , Thuringia , † November 1, 1960 ) was a German elementary school teacher, geologist and paleontologist. He was a recognized expert on the geology of Northern Hesse.
Life
Hans Penndorf completed training as a primary school teacher in Osterwieck and Mühlhausen with the exam in 1899. As a primary school teacher in Göttingen , he attended the lectures of Hans Stille and Adolf von Koenen in geology and palaeontology. From 1906 to 1943 he was a teacher in Kassel .
He was an active member of the Natural History Association in Kassel, went on numerous excursions and gave lectures at the adult education center. He published a geological guide for Lower Hesse and dealt with ceratites of the upper shell limestone .
Most of the material he has collected is in the collections of the Senckenberg Museum .
honors and awards
In 1955 Hans Werner Rothe named a cephalopod after Hans Penndorf: Ceratites penndorfi ROTHE 1955
Initial descriptions ( valid )
- Ceratites meissnerianus PENNDORF 1951
- Ceratites neolaevis PENNDORF 1951
Fonts
- Geological walks in the Lower Hessian highlands, Melsungen, Heimatschollen-Verlag 1926
- The layers of ceratite at Meißner in Niederhessen, treatises of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society 1951
literature
- Erwin Busse , Obituary in Natur und Volk, Volume 91, 1961, p. 102
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Werner Rothe: The ceratites and the ceratite zones of the Upper Muschelkalks (Triassic) in the Thuringian Basin. Contribution z. Geol. Thuringia, VIII: 69 pages, 10 plates, 3 illustrations, self-published, Frankfurt / Main 1955
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Penndorf, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Köstritz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1960 |