Hermann Kickton
Hermann Kickton (born August 16, 1878 in Aschersleben , † September 7, 1957 in Unkel ) was a German judge and amateur paleontologist .
Life
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Kickton studied law at the Friedrichs University in Halle . He wrote the text "The primeval times of the Trier region", which the Society for Useful Research in Trier published in 1925. In 1932 he discovered fossils of the extinct willow species Salix kicktoni from the Miocene period in the Fischbach lignite mine near Horrem . The species was scientifically described by Hermann Weyland in 1934 . The exhibits Salix kick toni are in the Museum Schloss Pfaffendorf district Bergheim / Erft and in the house of the forest in Cologne-Porz-Leidenhausen.
Hermann Kickton was born as the son of the Erfurt city councilor Hermann Julius Rudolf Kickton and is the grandfather of the church musician Helmut Kickton . They are also related to Erika Kickton (musicologist and composer), Arthur Kickton (architect and Prussian building officer) and Louis Arthur Kickton (chemist).
In 1896 he became a Kickton Corps student at Neoborussia Halle . In 1949 he was awarded in Frankfurt and the band of Saxonia .
Works
- The primeval times of the Trier region , Trier 1925.
literature
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Weyland: Contributions to the knowledge of the Rhenish tertiary flora , 1934.
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 54 , 308; 29 , 88.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kickton, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kickton, Hermann Carl August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and amateur palaeontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aschersleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1957 |
| Place of death | Uncle |