Heinrich Gerth
Arnold Heinrich Paul Gerth (born June 16, 1884 , † August 2, 1971 in Bonn ) was a German paleontologist and geologist .
Life
Gerth studied in Heidelberg, Berlin, Munich, Freiberg and Bonn, where he received his doctorate in 1908 and qualified as a professor in 1910. His teacher was Gustav Steinmann , who was a specialist in the geology of South America. After completing his doctorate, Gerth also went to South America as a geologist at the Mining Ministry in Buenos Aires and stayed until 1913, where he also visited Peru. In 1916 he became adjunct professor in Bonn, was a military geologist from 1916 to 1918 and from 1920 a non-civil servant associate professor in Bonn. From 1920 to 1928 he was a curator at the Mineralogical-Geological Museum in Leiden and then in Indonesia, which was then Dutch. In 1930 he became an associate professor of stratigraphy and paleontology in Amsterdam, where he became a full professor in 1942. From 1948 he was visiting professor in Bonn, and in 1960 he retired as a full professor in Bonn.
He dealt mainly with corals, but also with foraminifera from Java and stratigraphy with foraminifera, Permian sponges from Timor, Indonesian hydrozoans, echinoderms and ammonites. He worked on fossils collected by Johannes Wanner and Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Molengraaff on Timor . As a geologist, he dealt with the tectonics of the Swiss Jura (continued by Steinmann), the South American Cordilleras and the geology of Java. In Borntraeger his three-volume geology of South America appeared. For example, he drew conclusions from the Permian corals about the climate and the Permian glaciation.
He was a member of the Academy of Sciences in Córdoba (Argentina) and an honorary doctorate in Bonn (1958).
Fonts
- Geology of South America, Borntraeger, Volume 1 in three parts, 1932, 1935, 1941, Volume 2 (The geological structure of the South American Cordillera) 1955
literature
- Klaus J. Müller, Obituary in Paläontologische Zeitschrift, Volume 46, 1972, 113–120
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerth, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerth, Arnold Heinrich Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleontologist and geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1884 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 1971 |
| Place of death | Bonn |