Martin Guntau

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Martin Guntau (born October 12, 1933 in Gilgenau ; † July 26, 2019 in Leipzig ) was a German mineralogist and science historian .

Life

Guntau was born the son of a teacher and graduated from the Goethe High School in Ludwigslust in 1953 . He then studied mineralogy and geology at the Bergakademie Freiberg and the Humboldt University in Berlin . In 1958 he acquired the degree of a qualified mineralogist in Freiberg . He then worked as a research assistant in the distance learning department of the Bergakademie.

In 1961 he became an aspirant for philosophy and history of the natural sciences at the Humboldt University, in 1964 he completed his doctorate with the dissertation Remarks on the Concepts of Actualism and Law in Geological Sciences and went back to Freiberg, where he was curator of the geoscientific collections and received lectureships on philosophical and historical topics in geological sciences.

With the dissertation B On the ideological prerequisites and the conditions in the field of productive forces development for the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline , he completed his habilitation in 1976 at the Humboldt University. In the same year he accepted a position as a lecturer in the history of science at the University of Rostock , and in 1981 he became a full professor . From 1986 to 1989 he was director of the history section. In 1992, after the history of science chair was closed, he took early retirement.

Martin Guntau was a member of numerous scientific committees, e. B. in the German Society for the History of Medicine, Natural Science and Technology (DGGMNT) , the German Society for Geosciences (DGG) , the History of Science Society (HSS) and the History of Earth Science Society (HESS). He was elected to the International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO) in 1967. From 1976 to 1984 he was its general secretary, from 1989 to 1992 president.

He has received several awards: in 1967 he received the Badge of Honor from the Freiberg Mining Academy, in 1980 the Abraham-Gottlob-Werner Badge of Honor from the Society for Geological Sciences of the GDR, in 1984 the silver medal from the Ministry of Geology of the USSR and in 1993 the History of Geology Award from the Geological Society of America . In 1997 the Geological Society of London awarded him the Sue Tyler Friedman Medal for his work on the history of geological science . He was the first German to receive this honor.

He was married to Brigitte Reh and had two children.

literature

  • Peter Krüger: Awarded the Sue Tyler Friedman Medal 1997 to Prof. Dr. sc. Martin Guntau (Rostock) . In: Geohistorische Blätter . 1/1998/1. ISSN  1436-3135 . Pp. 45-46.
  • Hubert Laitko : Martin Guntau as a science historian . In: Geohistorische Blätter . 2/1999/2. ISSN  1436-3135 . Pp. 165-176.
  • Jürgen Werner Hubbe: Home is where memory knows. For Martin Guntau's 75th birthday . In: Geohistorica . 2008/3. ISSN  1865-0155 . Pp. 54-57.
  • Guntau, Martin , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . Pp. 124-125.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Golücke, Friedhelm: Author's lexicon on student and university history. A bio-bibliographical directory . Köln Sh-Verlag 2004. pp. 124-125. ISBN 3-89498-130-X
  2. ↑ http://d-nb.info/482308664
  3. ↑ http://d-nb.info/780735161
  4. ↑ a b c Entry on Martin Guntau in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
  5. ^ Hubert Laitko: Martin Guntau as a science historian . In: Geohistorische Blätter . 2/1999/2. Pp. 165-176
  6. ↑ Peter Krüger: Awarded the Sue Tyler Friedman Medal 1997 to Prof. Dr. sc. Martin Guntau (Rostock) . In: Geohistorische Blätter . 1/1998/1. Pp. 45-46
personal data
SURNAME Guntau, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mineralogist and science historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Gilgenau
DATE OF DEATH 26th July 2019
Place of death Leipzig