Oskar Grupe
Oskar Grupe (born April 14, 1878 in Einbeck , † February 26, 1940 in Berlin- Schmargendorf) was a German geologist.
family
Oskar Grupe was the son of the businessman Hermann Grupe († 1908) and his wife Louise , b. Böhlecke († 1917). His marriage to his wife Elly , born in Bad Gandersheim in 1906 . Kunz , daughter of the building councilor Kunz , remained childless.
Life
Oskar Grupe first studied civil engineering and then chemistry at the Technical University of Hanover . From 1898 he studied geology at the University of Göttingen , where he received his doctorate in 1901 under Adolf von Koenen ( The geological conditions of the Elfas, Homburgwald, Voglers and their southern foreland ). He was then briefly an assistant and took part in an expedition to Sumatra of the Dutch oil company Koninklijke Nederlandschen Petroleum Maatschappij , which he had to break off due to malaria . From 1902 to 1939 he was with the Prussian Geological State Institute (PGLA) in Berlin, initially as an assistant geologist and from 1904 in a permanent position. In 1914 he became a district geologist, in 1927 a regional geologist and in 1924 he received the title of professor. From 1934 he headed the state examinations for geologists in Berlin.
Cartographic publications
At the PGLA he worked on over 35 geological maps (1: 25,000), mainly from the Triassic area.
Fonts
- Contributions to the knowledge of the wave lime in southern Hanover and Braunschweig. In: Yearbook of the Royal Prussian Geological State Institute and Bergakademie zu Berlin for 1905, Berlin, 1905, 436-466
- On the stratigraphy of the Triassic in the area of the upper Weser valley. In: Annual reports of the Lower Saxony Geological Association, Volume 4, 1911, pp. 1–102
He continued to publish u. a. on salt deposits in the Weser-Leine area and the asphalt deposits in Eschershausen .
Memberships
- Working group of north-west German geologists
- Corps Macaro-Visurgia
literature
- G. Berg in the yearbook of the Reich Agency for Soil Research for 1940, Volume 61, 1941
Web links
- Hans-Rudolf von Gaertner : Grupe, Oskar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 233 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ PGLA list of geologists with photo
- ^ History of Arge NDG
- ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. 1928, p. 181.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grupe, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Einbeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1940 |
| Place of death | Berlin -Schmargendorf |