Hermann Loretz
Martin Friedrich Heinrich Hermann Loretz (born October 7, 1836 near Holzappel ; † July 15, 1917 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German geologist and paleontologist .
Life
Loretz was the son of a hut owner in the former Duchy of Nassau. From 1876 to 1901 he was at the Prussian Geological State Institute (PGLA), where he became a state geologist (1883) and secret mountain ridge.
He dealt with the geology of Thuringia. In 1883 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Fonts
- Contribution to the geological knowledge of the Cambrian-Phyllitic slate series in Thuringia, 1882
- Some petrefacts of the Alpine Triassic from the Southern Alps, Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 27, 1875, pp. 784–841
- Notes on red sandstone and shell limestone in southern Thuringia, yearbook of the Royal Prussian Geological State Institute and Bergakademie zu Berlin for 1880, 1881, pp. 137–148
- Overview of the sequence of layers in Keuper near Coburg, yearbook of the Royal Prussian Geological State Institute and Mining Academy in Berlin for the year 1894, Volume 15, 1895, pp. 139-181
literature
- Obituary in Geological Yearbook PGLA, 38, 1920
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Loretz's member entry at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on May 26, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loretz, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loretz, Martin Friedrich Heinrich Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Holzappel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1917 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |