Hans Scupin

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Hans Scupin (born April 29, 1869 in Ottendorf , Silesia , † November 22, 1937 in Seddin (near Potsdam) ) was a German geologist .

Life

He was the son of a landowner. After graduating from high school in Breslau in 1888, he studied natural sciences and mathematics in Breslau, Heidelberg and Berlin , most recently with a focus on geology and paleontology. During his studies he became a member of the VDSt Breslau and the VDSt Heidelberg . In 1895 he received his doctorate and became an assistant at the University of Breslau . In 1899 he completed his habilitation in Halle (Die Spiriferen Deutschlands), where he became a professor in 1908. In 1917/18 he was at the front as a military geologist , for which he received the Iron Cross 2nd class.

In 1918 he became a professor in Dorpat , where he taught until 1927, but at the same time became honorary professor in Halle, where he taught from 1928 to 1935. In 1925 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He died after a car accident.

In addition to his academic work, he worked as an appraiser for lignite and potash mining .

Fonts

  • About Nephrotus chorzoviensis H. v. MEYER. In: Journal of the German Geological Society, 55, panel XXI-XXII, Berlin 1903, pp. 465–474
  • Geological guides through the North Sudetes, Geological Guides Collection, Borntraeger 1933
  • Transgression and regression as a uniform process, Geologische Rundschau, Volume 14, 1923, pp. 328–336.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 210.
personal data
SURNAME Scupin, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottendorf
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1937
Place of death Seddin (near Potsdam)