James Luhr
James Francis Luhr (born May 13, 1953 in Oak Park (Illinois) , † January 1, 2007 in University Park (Maryland) ) was an American volcanologist and from 1995 until his death director of the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution .
Life and accomplishments
James Luhr studied geology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received his PhD in 1980 from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1991 he came to the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC , where he was head of the mineralogical department from 1999 to 2004 and since 1995 director of the Global Volcanism Program , which collects data on volcanic eruptions worldwide and makes it available to science , was. James Luhr's research was mainly concerned with the petrology of active volcanoes , particularly in Mexico such as the Paricutín and the Colima .
James Luhr died on January 1, 2007 in University Park, Maryland.
Fonts (selection)
- Luhr, J. F. (Ed.) Die Erde . German licensed edition Starnberg: Dorling Kindersley , 2004.
- Luhr, J. F. (Ed.) Earth . Smithsonian Institution and Dorling Kindersley, 2003.
- Luhr, J. F. and Simkin T. Parícutin: The volcano born in a Mexican cornfield . Phoenix: Geoscience Press, 1993.
Web links
- Smithsonian Institution website via James F. Luhr
- List of publications by James F. Luhr
- Literature by and about James Luhr in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luhr, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luhr, James Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American volcanologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oak Park (Illinois) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2007 |
| Place of death | University Park, Maryland |