Hermann Karsten (mineralogist)

Hermann Karsten (born September 3, 1809 in Breslau ; † August 26, 1877 in Reinerz , Lower Silesia ) was a German mathematician and mineralogist.

Life

Hermann Karsten (No. 7-2-1 of the gender census that began with his great-grandfather ) was born as the son of the mineralogist Carl Karsten . At the age of 16 he began to study law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität at Easter 1826 . In the same year he was reciprocated in the Corps Borussia Bonn . In the summer semester of 1827 he continued his studies at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Albertus-Universität Königsberg . He switched to mathematics and science . In 1829, at the age of 20, he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. After studying astronomy at the Königsberg observatory , he completed his habilitation a year later at the University of Rostock for mathematics and mineralogy . In 1831 he was appointed associate professor and in 1836 full professor of mathematics. In 1844, 1845, 1848 and 1873 he was elected Rector of the University of Rostock. From 1830 to 1850 he published the Mecklenburg calendar and the small astronomical almanac for seafarers calculated by him. In 1854 he was appointed director of the Rostock Navigation School. In 1874 he was elected chairman of the German Nautical Association and the navigation testing authority. He was a committee member of the Association for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People and Chairman of the Mecklenburg Singers Association and the Mecklenburg Art Association. Karsten was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1874.

Hermann Karsten was with Theodore, geb. Berg (1817–1863) married, daughter of Pastor Christian Berg (1767–1840) from Wustrow (Fischland) . Between 1837 and 1851, three daughters and four sons were born in the marriage.

Fonts

De crystallographiae mathematicae problematibus nonnullis , 1830
On the history of the natural science institutes of the University of Rostock , 1846
Directory of the fossils from the Sternberg rock in the Rostock Academic Museum , 1849
Text-book of crystallography , 1861.

literature

Wilhelm von Gümbel, Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Karsten, Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 425-427.
GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928

Web links

Entry on Hermann Karsten in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 11/46
↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
↑ Angela Hartwig, Tilmann Schmidt (ed.): The Rectors of the University of Rostock - 1419-2000 . In: Contributions to the history of the University of Rostock . Issue 23. Universitätsdruckerei Rostock-Universitätsarchiv 2000. ISBN 3-86009-173-5 .
↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)

personal data
SURNAME	Karsten, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mathematician, mineralogist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	August 26, 1877
Place of death	Pure ore

[1] Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 11/46

[2] Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal

[3] Angela Hartwig, Tilmann Schmidt (ed.): The Rectors of the University of Rostock - 1419-2000 . In: Contributions to the history of the University of Rostock . Issue 23. Universitätsdruckerei Rostock-Universitätsarchiv 2000. ISBN 3-86009-173-5 .

[4] Rector's speeches (HKM)