Karl Hofmann (geologist)
Karl Hofmann (also Károly ) (born November 27, 1839 in Ruskberg , Austrian Empire ; † February 21, 1891 in Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary ) was an Austro-Hungarian geologist.
He studied 1856/57 at the Technical University in Vienna, 1857 in Karlsruhe, 1858 at the Bergakademie in Freiberg and from 1860 at the University of Heidelberg. In 1863 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. and in the following year became professor of mineralogy and geology at the Polytechnic in Ofen . From 1868 he carried out the geological survey of various parts of Hungary. In 1869 he joined the newly founded k. Hungarian geological institute and was its first chief geologist from 1872 until his retirement in 1891.
Fonts
- About alternating decomposition when mixing salt solutions, and about the density and refraction ratios of some aqueous salt solutions at different concentrations
literature
- Hofmann, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 382.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Hofmann in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hofmann, Károly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruskberg , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1891 |
| Place of death | Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary |