Max Eschenhagen
Johann Friedrich August Max Eschenhagen (born October 22, 1858 in Eisleben , † November 12, 1901 in Potsdam ) was a German geophysicist .
Life
The son of a carpenter attended schools in Eisleben and Nordhausen . After 1877 he studied mathematics, physics and descriptive natural sciences at the University of Halle . He received his doctorate and went to Hamburg as a teacher in 1882 , where he first came into contact with geomagnetics while preparing for a polar expedition , the research of which determined his life from then on. In 1902, Adolf Schmidt succeeded Eschenhagen as director of the Magnetic Observatory in Potsdam.
Honors
- Member of the Leopoldina in 1888
- In recognition of his services, he received the title of professor in 1895 .
- Order of the Red Eagle , IV class (posthumous)
literature
- Theodor Arendt : Max Eschenhagen . In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 3, Pictures of Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Self-published, Magdeburg 1928, pp. 575-595.
- Karl Keil: Eschenhagen, Johann Friedrich August Max. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 643 f. ( Digitized version ).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Eschenhagen, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eschenhagen, Johann Friedrich August Max (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geomagnetic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1901 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |