Heinrich Ries
Heinrich Ries (born April 3, 1871 in Brooklyn , New York City , † April 11, 1951 in Ithaca , New York ) was an American geologist . He also briefly devoted himself to botany, his author's abbreviation is Ries .
Life
Ries, the son of an immigrant from Württemberg , went to school in Stuttgart, studied at Columbia University (School of Mines), where he received his master’s degree in 1897 and received his doctorate in 1899, and then spent a year at the University of Berlin ( bei Witt) and at the Polytechnic, where he also visited clay deposits in Europe. While still a student he worked under James Hall for the New York Geological Survey on Tone. In 1898 he became an instructor, 1902 assistant professor and 1906 professor at Cornell University . From 1914 to 1937 he headed the geology faculty. In 1939 he retired.
He dealt with economic geology, engineering geology and especially with clay deposits in the USA and with sands for sand molding and sand casting processes , for which he set up a laboratory at Cornell University in the 1920s. His book on Economic Geology had 7 editions from 1905 to 1937. As an expert on clay, he was involved in various State Geological Surveys in the USA (Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Wisconsin, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and early in his career for New York) and worked for the US Geological Survey (from 1918 as state geologist) and the Canadian Geological Survey.
In 1929 he was president of the Geological Society of America . He was Associate Editor of Economic Geology for 35 years . He was an honorary member of the American Ceramic Society and the American Foundrymen's Association.
Fonts
- Clay Deposits and Clay Industry in North Carolina: A Preliminary Report, North Carolina Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 13, 1897, Archives
- Clays and Shales of Michigan: Their Properties and Uses, Geological Survey of Michigan, Volume 8, Part 1, Lansing 1900, Archives
- Economic geology of the United States, Macmillan 1905, Archives
- Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to Those of the United States, Wiley 1908, Archive
- with Henry Leighton: History of the clay-working industry in the United States, Wiley 1909, Archive
- Building Stones and Clay Products. A Handbook for Architects, Wiley 1912, Archives
- with Thomas L. Watson: Engineering Geology, Wiley, Chapman and Hall 1915, Archives
literature
- Alfred Anderson: Heinrich Ries, 1871–1951; a memorial, Economic Geology, Volume 46, 1951, pp. 939-940
- Memorial, Bulletin American Association Petroleum Geologists, Volume 35, 1951, pp. 2638-2645
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ries, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1951 |
| Place of death | Ithaca , New York |