Ludwig Rüger

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Ludwig Rüger (born August 10, 1896 in Wittuna near Pilsen , † May 15, 1955 in Heidelberg ) was a German paleontologist and geologist.

Rüger had lived in Germany since he was ten and spoke a little Czech. Rüger was the son of a mining engineer, graduated from secondary school in Heidelberg in 1914 and then was a soldier in World War I , most recently as a military geologist. From 1918 he studied geology in Heidelberg and received his doctorate in 1921 and habilitation in Heidelberg in 1923. Then he was there assistant to Wilhelm Salomon-Calvi and from 1929 associate professor. In 1934 he became associate professor in Jena and in 1944 full professor in Strasbourg and acting head of the Geological Institute. In 1945 he was "evacuated" from Jena by the Americans against his will. From 1946 he was professor of geology and paleontology in Heidelberg.

In 1920 he became a member of the German Geological Society and in 1947 a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . The Bavarian Academy of Sciences , he belonged to as a corresponding member. He had been married to Pauline Haas, a doctor of paleontology, from 1923, with whom he also published.

Fonts

  • The creation of the Neckar estuary near Heidelberg. Heidelberg: winter 1922
  • with P. Rüger-Haas: Palaeosemaeostoma geryonides v. Huene sp., A sessile medusa from the Dogger von Wehingen in Württemberg and Medusina liasica nov. sp., a corona-like medusa from the middle Lias of Hechingen in Württemberg. Meeting reports Heidelberger Akademie Wiss., Math-Naturwiss. Class, 1925, 15th
  • The direct mountain-true transfer of the measurement results of mountain-oriented sections obtained on the universal turntable into the diagram. Meeting reports Heidelberger Akademie Wiss., Math-Naturwiss. Class, 1927, 12
  • Geological guide through Heidelberg's surroundings: Odenwald, building land, Kraichgau, Rhine plain. An introduction to the geological development of the Heidelberg landscape. Heidelberg: Winter 1928. Digitized version on the website of the Heidelberg University Library
  • Some remarks on the representation of tectonic elements, especially of crevices and harnesses. Meeting reports Heidelberger Akademie Wiss., Math-Naturwiss. Class, 1928, 1st class
  • Machairodus latidens Owen from the old diluvial sands of Mauer ad Elsenz. Meeting reports Heidelberger Akademie Wiss., Math-Naturwiss. Class, 1929, 7
  • Editor: Geology and Paleontology. Wiesbaden: Dieterich 1948 (FIAT Review German Science, German edition)
  • The natural resources of Greater Germany. Beck 1937, 2nd edition 1939

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Pradědův Kamarád Lubomír Tejček. In: Dominik Matus - Blog. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Czech).
  2. ^ Klaus-Dietmar Henke: The American occupation of Germany. Oldenbourg 1995, p. 763
  3. ^ Membership directory of the German Geological Society March 1921
  4. ↑ Prof. Dr. Ludwig Rüger. Member entry at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences , accessed on May 30, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Rüger, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paleontologist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittuna near Pilsen
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1955
Place of death Heidelberg