Johannes Wanner

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Johannes Wanner (born April 21, 1878 in Scheidegg ; † July 31, 1959 ibid) was a German geologist who made contributions to geology and paleontology in the Malay Archipelago and especially Timor .

Wanner studied natural sciences and especially geology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the TH Munich from 1897 to 1901 . After that he worked until 1913 mainly as a petroleum geologist for Shell in the Dutch part of Indonesia, including the Sunda Islands , New Zealand , Algeria and Egypt . He also used it to finance research trips to the Moluccas (1909) and in 1910/11 as the leader of a German expedition to Timor , which he later worked on for years. In 1907 he completed his habilitation at the University of Bonn , where he was professor of applied geology from 1919 to 1946.

In 1948 he received the Hans Stille Medal and in 1947 the Gustav Steinmann Medal . He was an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam . In 1954 he became an honorary member of the Paleontological Society .

He worked with the Freiburg geologist and paleontologist Georg Böhm .

Publications (selection)

  • Paleontology of Timor: together with smaller contributions to the paleontology of some other islands of the East Indian archipelago. 1920.
  • Geology of West Timor. In: Geol. Rundschau. Volume 4, pp. 136-150, 913.
  • New contributions to the knowledge of the Permian Echinoderms of Timor. VIII-XIII, In: Palaeontographica. Suppl. Volume IV, in Contributions to the Geology of Niderlendisch-India (started by G. Boehm, continued by K. Deninger, edited by J. Wanner), Dept. 2. Section, 20 tab., 82 figs, 1937, p. 57-212.
  • Rock-forming foraminifera from Malm and Lower Grains of the eastern East Indian archipelago. Paleontol. Z, Volume 22, 1940, pp. 75-99.
  • On the Stratigraphic of Portuguese Timor. In: Z. dt. Geol. Ges. Volume 108, 1956, pp. 109-140.

literature

  • Exploring Indonesia 1902-1911: adventures of geologist Johannes Wanner. Brighton, Pen Press 2009.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of death as reported in the journal of the German Geological Society 1959.
personal data
SURNAME Wanner, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Scheidegg
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1959
Place of death Scheidegg