Carl Walter Kockel
Carl Walter Kockel (born September 15, 1898 in Leipzig , † April 5, 1966 in Marburg ) was a German geologist .
Kockel was the son of forensic doctor Richard Kockel and studied geology, zoology and geography at the University of Leipzig from 1917 to 1922 . In 1917 he was called up for military service and served as a medical soldier . In 1920 he was a member of the Leipzig -term volunteers - regiment .
In 1922 Franz Kossmat obtained his doctorate as Dr. phil. in geology on the northeastern Eastern Alps during the Cretaceous Period , followed in 1925 by the habilitation in geology on the geology of the Hohenschwangau mountains . He was then a private lecturer from 1925 to 1930 and from 1930 to 1938 npl. Prof. for geology and paleontology at the University of Leipzig. 1931 to 1932 he taught as a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore . In 1933, Kockel signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges .
In 1938 his teaching license was withdrawn due to his wife's Jewish descent. Then he worked for Seismos in Hanover before 1939 . After the end of the Second World War he worked as a geologist for the Office for Soil Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia . From 1949 he taught as a full professor of geology and paleontology at the Philipps University of Marburg . Its main area was the northern Limestone Alps .
He is the father of the geologist Franz Kockel .
Publications (selection)
- Geology of the Bavarian Mountains between Lech and Loisach (= scientific publications of the German and Austrian Alpine Association, Vol. 10), Innsbruck-Munich 1931.
- Slate mountains and the Hessian depression around Marburg / Lahn (= collection of geological guides, vol. 37), Berlin 1958.
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Walter Kockel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Carl Walter Kockel in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
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SURNAME | Kockel, Carl Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geoscientist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5th 1966 |
Place of death | Marburg |