Hans Philipp (geologist)
Hans Philipp (born June 23, 1878 in Berlin ; † September 1, 1944 in Karthaus near Trier) was a German geologist . He was a professor at the University of Cologne .
Life
Philipp received his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1904 (palaeontological-geological studies from the area of Predazzo) on the Alpine Triassic of the Dolomites near Predazzo . He completed his habilitation in Greifswald in 1908, where he was a private lecturer and, from 1913, an associate professor. In 1923 he became a full professor in Cologne as the first professor at the Geological-Mineralogical Institute founded in 1919.
In August 1912, Hans Philipp was one of the 34 founding members of the Paleontological Society .
In 1914 he was one of the editors of the scientific results of the trial expedition (for an Antarctic expedition) by Wilhelm Filchner to Spitzbergen (1910).
He is the first to describe various species of the Alpine Triassic .
Memberships
- 1903 German Geological Society
- 1905 Swiss Geological Society
- 1910 Geological Association
- 1912 Paleontological Society
Fonts
- with Walther Warneck: Geological beginner exercises as an introduction to understanding geological maps and profiles. Westermann 1922
literature
- Martin Schwarzbach: Hans Philipp (1878-1944). A belated obituary and a look back at the first and second geological institutes in Cologne, on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the University of Cologne. Cologne geological booklet, 7
References and comments
- ↑ Dates of birth and curriculum vitae according to Bruno von Freyberg , Geologica Bavarica 71, 1974. Place of death according to Wagenbreth History of Geology in Germany .
- ^ Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 56, 1904, 104
- ^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philipp, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1944 |
| Place of death | Karthaus near Trier |