Max Mühlberg
Max Mühlberg (born February 13, 1873 in Aarau ; † April 19, 1947 there ) was a Swiss geologist .
life and work
Mühlberg was the son of the geologist Friedrich Mühlberg and studied at the University of Basel with Carl Schmidt and at the University of Zurich with Ulrich Grubenmann and Albert Heim . After receiving his doctorate in 1898 at the University of Zurich, Mühlberg was an assistant at the Geological-Mineralogical Institute of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg .
Subsequently, Mühlberg was a teacher at the Aarau Cantonal School and Professor at the Chur Cantonal School for a short time . Then Mühlberg turned to petroleum geology and belonged to their pioneers together with Josef Theodor Erb (1874–1934) and Hans Hirschi (1876–1964).
In 1900 Mühlberg took a first order from the Dutch-Indian Oil Company and visited most of the Malay archipelago for 27 months . He later also stayed in Mexico , Galicia and America . In the oil areas of Mexico and Borneo, Mühlberg carried out measurements that he published with Johann Koenigsberger .
Mühlberg worked as chief geologist in Austria and met Ega, née Garsky, whom he married in 1920. In his later years Mühlberg worked for several years at his place of residence on individual photographs for the geological map of Lauffen, Bretzwil , Erschwil and Mümliswil . Mühlberg was a member of the Aargau Natural Research Society for 45 years, which he presided over from 1927 to 1930. The Diplopora Mühlbergii was named in his honor .
literature
- Adolf Hartmann: Max Mühlberg (1873-1947) . In: Argovia , annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau, vol. 68–69, 1958, p. 556 ( digitized version ).
- Schweizerische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Birkhäuser, 1947, pp. 260–26 ?.
- Eugen Widmer . Directory of the scientific legacy of the three Aargau geologists Friedrich Mühlberg , Alfred Amsler and Max Mühlberg kept in the Aargau Museum for Natural History and Local History in Aarau . Mitt. Aarg. natural Ges., H. 28, 1971, pp. 297-308.
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Mühlberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Commentary on Africa by Max Mühlberg
- Commentary on Monism by Max Mühlberg
Individual evidence
- ^ Ferdinand Enke: Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 51, Hydrogeological contributions, ed. by: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), 1899 , p. 11
- ^ Bernhard Wartmann alias Friedrich Bernhard, G. Ambühl: Yearbook of the St. Gallic Natural Science Society
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mühlberg, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aarau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1947 |
| Place of death | Aarau |