Johannes Felix
Johannes Paul Felix (born September 6, 1859 Leipzig , † January 25, 1941 ibid) was a German paleontologist .
Life
Felix grew up in Leipzig and passed the Abitur at the Nicolai Gymnasium there. He then studied first in Erlangen and Leipzig. He received his doctorate in Leipzig in 1882 and completed his habilitation in 1884. From 1887 to 1888 he was on research trips to Mexico with Hans Lenk . On October 12, 1888 ( matriculation no. 2777 ) he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He was then an associate professor at the University of Leipzig from 1891 to 1933, and from 1914 to 1941 director of the Paleontological Museum. Since 1903 he was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .
Fonts
- The wood opals of Hungary from a palaeophytological point of view. Budapest: Légrády, 1884. ( Archives )
- with Hans Lenk : Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Republic of Mexico . I. Theil, Arthur Felix, Leipzig 1890 ( archive )
- with Hans Lenk: Overview of the geological conditions in the Mexican state of Puebla. In: Palaeontographica, Volume 37, 1891, pp. 118–199 ( Archives )
- The key fossils from the plant and animal kingdoms in a systematic arrangement. Veit & Comp. , Leipzig 1906. ( Archives )
- About the fossil corals of Snow Hill Island and Seymour Island. Stockholm: General Staff Lithographic Institute, 1909.
- Fossil anthozoa of Borneo. Stuttgart: Swiss beard, 1921.
- Guide fossils from the plant and animal kingdoms. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann , 2nd edition 1924.
- The Borna Mammoth. Voigtländer, Leipzig 1912. ( PDF )
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Felix in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rudolph Zaunick: Felix, Johannes Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 70 ( digitized version ).
- Overview of Johannes Felix's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1884 to summer semester 1914)
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry by Johannes Felix at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on September 12, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Felix, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Felix, John Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1941 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |