Johannes-Erich Hiller

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Johannes-Erich Hiller (born November 14, 1911 in Berlin , † June 18, 1972 in Stuttgart ) was a German mineralogist , crystallographer and university professor .

Life

Johannes-Erich Hiller was born in Berlin as the son of the senior degree director Dr. Bruno Hiller was born. After graduating from high school at the Staatliche Humanist Gymnasium in Kiel on Easter 1931, he began studying natural sciences with a focus on chemistry and mineralogy at the universities of Kiel , Zurich and Berlin . Paul Niggli was one of his academic teachers in Zurich , who influenced him to a great extent and turned his interest to mineralogy. He received his doctorate in 1938 in Berlin under Paul Ramdohr with a thesis on "X-ray determination methods and investigation of the lead luster".

Subsequently he worked as a scientific assistant or employee at the Mineralogical Institute and later at the Institute for Altitude Radiation Research at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin until the beginning of the Second World War . During this time he also passed the state examination for the higher teaching post with the subjects chemistry, physics, mineralogy and philosophy. A number of the works published by him were the "history of the natural sciences", where he was primarily interested in the work of two important natural scientists of the past, Boetius de Boodt and Paracelsus , and their relationship to mineralogy. In 1944 he completed his habilitation . His post-doctoral thesis "The Mineralogy of Paracelsus and his mineral healing substances" consequently not only addressed mineralogical aspects, but also the history of the natural sciences. Hiller was drafted into the Wehrmacht as early as 1939 and worked as a councilor for the Reich Weather Service. Research work on behalf of the German Research Foundation interrupted military service.

After returning from captivity in 1946, he took up a position as a research assistant at the Institute for Mineralogy and Petrography at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg and was appointed private lecturer for mineralogy and petrography in 1949. Two years later, he was appointed adjunct professor. It was during this time that his book “Outline of Crystal Chemistry”, published in 1952, was written. In other publications he also dealt with crystal-chemical questions such as B. the crystal chemistry of ferromagnetic sulfide minerals and the crystal chemical systematics of sulfides, selenide and telluride minerals. The differential thermal analysis of sulphide minerals carried out together with Konrad Probsthain must also be mentioned in this context.

In autumn 1956 he accepted a call to the newly created (until 1964 extraordinary) chair for mineralogy and crystal chemistry at the Institute for Mineralogy at the Technical University of Stuttgart . Here he tried above all to set up and expand the institute, which was not always an easy task in view of the limited funds. A wide variety of research projects could now be tackled at the institute he heads. The focus of research was on various topics in crystal chemistry, thermoanalytical investigation methods, clay mineralogy and - with the support of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics and industry - the research project "Crystalline phases in rust".

After the work opportunities at the institute had improved, diploma and doctoral theses were increasingly awarded. As before, rust research was a special focus in the institute's research program. In 1962 the book "The Mineral Raw Materials" was published. Other fields of activity related to the Buggingen / Baden potash salt deposit and the formation, composition and transformation of rust . Hiller's research and publications spanned mineralogy, crystal chemistry and crystallography, reservoir science and geochemistry, but also the history of science, in particular various topics from the history of natural sciences. His field of work was sulfide minerals, and he was also particularly interested in crystal chemistry, which he also presented in his textbook published in 1952.

Hiller's students include a. Werner Lindenberg, later professor for general and inorganic chemistry at the University of Hamburg, Paul Keller, later professor for crystallography and crystal chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and Ernst-Dieter Franz, later an adjunct professor for applied mineralogy at the University of Stuttgart.

Despite having had serious tracheal cancer surgery in 1969, which made it almost impossible for him to speak, he temporarily resumed teaching. After two further operations in 1972, Hiller died of heart failure in Stuttgart in June 1972 at the age of only 60.

Honors

Fonts

  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The minerals of antiquity . In: Archives for the history of mathematics, natural sciences and technology . tape 13 , 1931, p. 358-402 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Boetius de Boodt as a champion of modern mineralogy: On the 300th anniversary of death . In: Advances in mineralogy, crystallography, petrography . tape 17 , 1932, p. 418-419 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Anselmus Boetius de Boodt as a scientist and natural philosopher (from the beginnings of mineralogical science) . In: Archeion . tape 16 , 1933, pp. 348-368 , doi : 10.1484 / J.arch.3.516 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Origin and development of the divining rod . In: Advances in Medicine . tape 61 , 1933, pp. 392-396, 441-444 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Boèce de Boodt, précurseur de la minéralogie . In: Annales Guébhard Séverine . tape 11 , 1935, pp. 74-81 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: X-ray methods of determination and investigation of the lead luster . In: Journal of Crystallography . tape 100 , no. 2 , 1938, p. 128–156 , doi : 10.1524 / zkri.1939.100.1.128 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: X-ray methods of determination and investigation of the lead luster . In: Mathematical and scientific dissertation . University of Berlin. A. Pries, Leipzig 1938, p. 128-156 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: On the crystal structure of the Valleriits . In: Journal of Crystallography . tape 101 , 1939, pp. 425–434 , doi : 10.1524 / zkri.1939.101.1.425 ( arizona.edu [PDF; 401 kB ; accessed on August 9, 2018]).
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: About the Falkmanite . In: Journal of Crystallography . tape 102 , 1939, pp. 138-142 , doi : 10.1524 / zkri.1940.102.1.138 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Attempt to classify sulfides according to structural aspects . In: Journal of Crystallography . tape 102 , 1940, pp. 353-376 , doi : 10.1524 / zkri.1940.102.1.353 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The lattice constants of crookesite, argyrodite and canfieldite . In: Central Journal of Mineralogy, Geology and Paleontology, Department A . tape 1940 , 1940, pp. 138-142 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Wilhelm Hofmann: Addendum to the work of JE Hiller: "X-ray determination methods and investigation of the lead luster" . In: Journal of Crystallography . tape 102 , 1940, pp. 143-144 , doi : 10.1524 / zkri.1940.102.1.143 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The mineralogy of Boetius de Boodt . In: Sources and studies on the history of natural sciences and medicine VIII, volume 1/2 . 1st edition. tape VIII . Springer, Berlin 1941, p. 1-215 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Paracelsus and de Boodt as forerunners of modern mineralogy . In: The natural sciences . tape 30 , 1942, pp. 563-565 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The crystal structures of the alloys . In: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau . tape 2 , 1949, p. 249-255 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: About synthetic shandite, Ni 3 Pb 2 S 2 , and analogous compounds with selenium or tellurium . In: New yearbook for mineralogy, monthly books . tape 1951 , 1951, pp. 265-277 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Outline of crystal chemistry . 1st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1952, ISBN 978-3-11-117253-8 , p. 1-307 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Heinz-Günter Smolczyk: Antimony content and photoelectric effect of different lead lances . In: The natural sciences . tape 39 , 1952, pp. 208 , doi : 10.1007 / BF00596869 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Structural studies of inorganic melts and amorphous substances . In: Angewandte Chemie . tape 64 , 1952, pp. 209-212 , doi : 10.1002 / anie.19520640802 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The mineralogy of Paracelsus part I: The natural philosophical thoughts on the genesis and healing effects of minerals . In: Philosophia naturalis . tape 2 , 1952, pp. 293-331 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The mineralogy of Paracelsus part II: Minerals and mining at Paracelsus . In: Philosophia naturalis . tape 2 , 1952, pp. 435-478 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The importance of Leonardos da Vinci in the history of the natural sciences: For the 500th anniversary of his birth . In: Studium Generale . tape 5 , 1952, pp. 636-642 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: On the crystal chemistry of ferromagnetic sulfide minerals . In: Advances in Mineralogy . tape 31 , 1952, pp. 55-56 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Degrees of order in the construction of crystalline solids . In: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau . tape 6 , 1953, pp. 49-53 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Heinz-Günter Smolczyk: Spectral analytical investigations on lead gloss , taking into account the photoelectric as well as the thermal and rectifier effect . In: Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie, reports of the Bunsen Society for physical chemistry . tape 57 , no. 1 , 1953, p. 50-58 , doi : 10.1002 / bbpc.195300012 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: A crystal-chemical systematics of sulfides, selenide and telluride minerals . In: New yearbook for mineralogy, monthly books . tape 1953 , 1953, pp. 145-153 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: About the Falkmanite and its differentiation from Boulangerite . In: New yearbook for mineralogy, monthly books . tape 1955 , 1955, pp. 1-10 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: About Jamesonite from Bayerland . In: New yearbook for mineralogy, monthly books . tape 1955 , 1955, pp. 238 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Magnetism and crystal structure in minerals . In: Advances in Mineralogy . tape 33 , 1955, pp. 155-175 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Konrad Probsthain: Apparatus for the differential thermal analysis of sulfides . In: Journal for ore mining and metallurgy . tape 8 , 1955, pp. 257-267 .
  • M. Fischer, Johannes-Erich Hiller: About the thermoelectric effect of pyrite . In: New Yearbook for Mineralogy, Treatises . tape 89 , 1956, pp. 281-301 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Konrad Probsthain: The estimation of the reaction enthalpy in the differential thermal analysis . In: Reports of the German Ceramic Society . tape 33 , 1956, pp. 299-303 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Konrad Probsthain: Thermal and X-ray examinations on copper gravel . In: Journal of Crystallography . tape 108 , 1956, pp. 108-129 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Konrad Probsthain: Differential thermal analysis of sulfide minerals . In: Geology . tape 5 , 1956, pp. 607-616 .
  • J. Eichler, Johannes-Erich Hiller: Heavy mineral investigations on a house sandstone profile near Stuttgart . In: Annual books of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg . tape 114 , 1959, pp. 43-71 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Mineral and ore deposits of western Italy . In: Association of Friends of the Technical University of Stuttgart . tape 1959 , 1959, pp. 13-27 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Kurt Walenta: Two minerals of the andorite-ramdohrite-fizelyite group from the Black Forest . In: New Yearbook for Mineralogy, Treatises . tape 94 , 1960, pp. 1160-1168 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, W. Wegener: Investigations in the nickel-selenium system . In: New Yearbook for Mineralogy, Treatises . tape 94 , 1960, pp. 1147-1159 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: The mineral raw materials . 1st edition. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1962, p. 1-359 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Paul Keller: Rock salt skeletons from Buggingen . In: Advances in Mineralogy . tape 42 , 1964, pp. 208 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Paul Keller: Zonal lye inclusions in the rock salt of Buggingen / Baden . In: New yearbook for mineralogy, monthly books . tape 1965 , 1965, pp. 159-166 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller, Paul Keller: Investigations on the solvers of the Buggingen potash deposit . In: Potash and Rock Salt . tape 4 , 1965, pp. 190-1203 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Phase changes in the rust . In: Materials and Corrosion . tape 17 , 1966, pp. 943-951 , doi : 10.1002 / maco.19660171104 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Rust . In: Image of the Sciences . tape 1967 , 1967, pp. 554-563 .
  • Johannes-Erich Hiller: Components and types of the grate . In: Baden-Württemberg . tape 16 , 1969, p. 46-51 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes-Erich Hiller: X-ray determination methods and investigation of the lead spike luster . In: Mathematical and scientific dissertation . University of Berlin. A. Pries, Leipzig 1938, p. 128-156 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Kurt Walenta: Johannes-Erich Hiller † 1911-1972 . In: Advances in Mineralogy . tape 50 , 1973, pp. 26-29 .
  3. ↑ Johannes-Erich Hiller: The Mineralogy of Paracelsus Part I: The natural philosophical thoughts on the genesis and healing effects of minerals . In: Philosophia naturalis . tape 2 , 1952, pp. 293-331 .
  4. ↑ Johannes-Erich Hiller: The mineralogy of Paracelsus part II: Minerals and mining at Paracelsus . In: Philosophia naturalis . tape 2 , 1952, pp. 435-478 .
  5. ↑ a b Johannes-Erich Hiller: Outline of crystal chemistry . 1st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1952, ISBN 978-3-11-117253-8 , p. 1-307 .
  6. ↑ a b c Ulrich Kull: History of the geo- and biosciences . In: Johannes H. Voigt (Hrsg.): Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Stuttgart . 1st edition. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-421-01937-1 , p. 277–329 , doi : 10.18419 / opus-2248 ( researchgate.net [PDF; 21.0 MB ; accessed on August 9, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Johannes-Erich Hiller: The mineral raw materials . 1st edition. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1962, p. 1-359 .
  8. ↑ Paul Keller, Heinz Hess, Pete J. Dunn: Johillerit, Na (Mg, Zn) 3 Cu (AsO 4 ) 3 , a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia . In: Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen . tape 29 , 1982, pp. 169–175 ( springer.com [PDF; 572 kB ; accessed on August 9, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Hiller, Johannes-Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mineralogist, crystallographer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1972
Place of death Stuttgart