Heinrich Beck (geologist)

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Heinrich Beck (born December 22, 1880 in Vienna ; † December 2/3, 1979 in Vienna- Ottakring ) was an Austrian geologist .

Beck studied at the University of Vienna , where he received his PhD in 1903. phil. received his doctorate. From 1903 to 1941 he worked at the Geological Reich and Federal Institute in Vienna. Most recently he was chief geologist there (Bergrat). From 1938 to 1941 he was acting head of the Federal Institute, which was then renamed the Vienna branch of the Reich Office for Soil Research , and then retired.

Beck also carried out paleontological-stratigraphic studies. He was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Publications (selection)

  • Lias at Vares in Bosnia . In: Jahrbuch der Geologische Reichsanstalt 52, 1903, pp. 473-480.

literature

  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 14 ( PDF; 329 kB )
  • Peter Beck-Mannagetta : Bergrat Dr. Heinrich Beck. Chief geologist at the Federal Geological Institute in Vienna . In negotiations of the Federal Geological Institute 1980, no. 2, pp. 3–6 with picture and list of publications ( PDF; 203 kB )

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personal data
SURNAME Beck, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1979 or December 3, 1979
Place of death Vienna