Horst Gall

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Horst Gall (born January 31, 1938 in Schnellmannskreuth ; † September 25, 1980 ) was a German paleontologist and curator at the Bavarian State Collection in Munich.

He attended the schools in Spatzenhausen and Murnau . Studying geology and paleontology in Munich was followed by a doctorate in 1969. He became an assistant at the Geological-Paleontological Institute in Munich and in 1979 conservator at the Bavarian State Collection. He played a major role in the exploration of the Ries crater and created a geological map of the Nördlinger Ries .

Fonts

  • with Gerhard Schairer and Karl Beurlen : The Alb and its fossils. Geology and paleontology of the Swabian and Franconian Alb. A guide for the lover . 1st edition. Stuttgart, Franckhsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1978

literature

  • Richard Dehm , obituary , Mitt. Bayer. Staatsslg. Pal. hist. Geol, No. 20 pp. 3-10. 1980.

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Gall, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Schnellmannskreuth
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1980