Ludwig von Ammon

Ludwig Johann Georg Friedrich von Ammon (born December 14, 1850 in Gunzenhausen , † July 26, 1922 in Munich ) was a German geologist and paleontologist .

Life

His father was a district judge. Von Ammon studied in Munich, Berlin and Würzburg. During his studies he became a member of the Academic Choral Society Würzburg in the Sondershäuser Association . He was also a member of the AGV Munich . After his studies he was at the Munich Oberbergamt, first as an assistant, from 1902 as Oberbergrat and then as Oberbergdirektor. He was also an honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich . He was the successor to Carl Wilhelm von Gümbel as head of the geognostic state research institute and continued its geological mapping of Bavaria. Ammon's assistant was Carl Emanuel Burckhardt .

Memberships

1873 German Geological Society
1912 Paleontological Society

honors and awards

Elected member of the Leopoldina in 1892

Fonts

Small geological guide through some parts of the Franconian Alb . Munich 1899, online
The Jura deposits between Regensburg and Passau. Munich 1875
The Munich area. Munich 1894
The gastropod fauna of the Hochfellen limestone and gastropod remains from Adnet deposits, from Monte Nota and the Raibler layers. In: Geognostic annual books. 5th year for 1892, published by Theodor Fischer, Cassel 1893, pp. 161–219
On the geology of Togo and the Nigerland , Munich 1905

Web links

Klemm, Friedrich: Ammon, Ludwig von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 254 ( digitized version ).

References and comments

↑ Otto Grübel, Special Houses Association of German Student Choral Societies (SV): Cartel address book. As of March 1, 1914. Munich 1914, p. 39.
↑ Otto Grübel, Special Houses Association of German Student Choral Societies (SV): Cartel address book. As of March 1, 1914. Munich 1914, p. 67.
^ Membership directory of the German Geological Society March 1921
^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914
^ Member entry of Ludwig von Ammon at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on December 30, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Ammon, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ammon, Ludwig Johann Georg Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gunzenhausen
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1922
Place of death	Munich

[1] Otto Grübel, Special Houses Association of German Student Choral Societies (SV): Cartel address book. As of March 1, 1914. Munich 1914, p. 39.

[2] Otto Grübel, Special Houses Association of German Student Choral Societies (SV): Cartel address book. As of March 1, 1914. Munich 1914, p. 67.

[3] Membership directory of the German Geological Society March 1921

[4] Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914

[5] Member entry of Ludwig von Ammon at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on December 30, 2015.