Hermann Keller (hydrologist)

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Hermann Keller (born January 26, 1851 in Gießen , † August 4, 1924 in Berlin-Dahlem ) was a German hydrologist .

Life

Hermann Keller was the son of the print shop owner and second mayor of Gießen Wilhelm Keller and his wife Christiana, nee. Soldan. After high school and one year of military service, he worked as a Baueleve in Marburg and Biedenkopf . After participating in the war in 1870/71 he worked as an engineer in railway construction. From 1875 he attended the Berlin Building Academy . In 1877/78 he passed the foreman and master builder examination and was appointed to the technical office of the Prussian Ministry of Public Works as an unskilled worker.

In the following years he continued his education in France and England. In 1886 he was in charge of the lock construction at Brunsbüttel on the Kiel Canal . In 1889, Keller became a technical attaché at the German Embassy in Rome for three years. In 1892 he was appointed head of the newly founded office of the Prussian committee to investigate the water conditions in the river areas particularly exposed to the risk of flooding . Under his leadership, four large "power plants" (Oderwerk, Memel-Pregel-Weichselwerk, Weser-Emswerk and Elbewerk) were processed and published by the electricity management authority .

After Keller had become a lecturer in the Prussian Ministry of Public Works in 1901, he was appointed head of the newly founded Prussian State Institute for Hydrology in 1902 , which he headed until 1916.

In his time, Keller was the leading representative of his field, who was involved in the planning and implementation of all major water management companies in Prussia and whose expert advice was sought from all sides.

Keller was most recently a secret senior building officer. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Darmstadt .

Fonts

  • The flood phenomena in the German rivers . Jena, Costenoble 1904.
  • Precipitation, runoff and evaporation in Central Europe . Berlin, Mittler 1906.
  • Origin and whereabouts of mainland precipitation . Berlin, Mittler 1914.
  • Above and below ground water management in the Spree and Havel areas . Berlin, Mittler 1916.

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SURNAME Keller, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hydrologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1924
Place of death Berlin-Dahlem