Leo Burgerstein

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Leo Burgerstein (born June 30, 1853 in Vienna ; † May 12, 1928 there ) was an Austrian high school teacher who dealt with hygiene and school health, in his early years a geologist and paleontologist .

Burgerstein studied geology and palaeontology at the University of Vienna , where he received his PhD in 1876. phil. received his doctorate . From 1877 to 1882 he worked as an assistant at the Geological Institute of the University of Vienna. Then he worked as a middle school teacher. He became an expert in school hygiene and public health.

Fonts (selection)

  • Contribution to the knowledge of the young tertiary freshwater depot at Ueskueb . In: Yearbook of the Imperial-Royal Geological Reichsanstalt 27, 1877, pp. 243–250. online (PDF; 804 kB)
  • Geological investigations in the south-western part of the Chalkidike peninsula . In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences , Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 40, 1880, pp. 321–327.
  • Preliminary notification about the thermal baths of Deutsch-Altenburg and the chances of a deep drilling there . In: Negotiations of the Kaiserlich-Königliche Geologische Reichsanstalt 1881, pp. 289–290 online (PDF; 323 kB)
  • Geological study of the thermal baths of Deutsch-Altenburg an der Donau . In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 45, 1882, pp. 107–122. online (PDF; 1.9 MB)
  • with August Netolitzky : Handbuch der Schulhygiene. 1st edition, 1895. / 2nd edition, Fischer, Jena 1902 (a total of 10 editions)
  • Health and offspring . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 1914.

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : The spiritual Vienna. 5th edition, Vienna 1893, Volume 2 (“Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlicher Part”), pp. 69–71.
  • Julius Zappert: Leo Burgerstein. In: The Source 1928
  • R. Meister: Leo Burgerstein . In: The ceremonial inauguration of the rector of the Vienna University for the academic year 1928/29 . Vienna 1928, pp. 25-27.
  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 21. (PDF; 328 kB)

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personal data
SURNAME Burgerstein, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher and hygienist, geologist and paleontologist at a young age
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1928
Place of death Vienna