Otto Persch
Otto August Barsch (born November 5, 1879 in Költschen , Oststernberg district , † October 6, 1946 ) was a German geologist and geophysicist .
Life
Barsch worked from 1907 to 1939 at the Prussian State Geological Institute , whose geophysics department he headed. Between 1912 and 1934 he worked on various sheets of the Prussian geological map for the state institute.
Barschs 1908 published Inaugural - Dissertation treated the pseudo-Cannel coal . This was also published in the yearbook of the Prussian Geological State Institute.
In 1940 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
In 1945 he and Ferdinand Friedensburg became 1st President of the German State Geological Institute in the Soviet zone of occupation .
He taught as a professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin .
Fonts
- The pseudo-Cannel coal . Berlin: AW Schade printing house, 1908.
- Geological-agronomic map of the teaching field of Leobenschütz (Upper Silesia) . Berlin: Prussian Geological State Institute, 1923. DNB 366575228
- together with Karl Weiss: Handbook of the Stone Industry Vol. 1 - The usable rock deposits in Germany, weathering and preservation of the rocks . Berlin: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft , 1915. DNB 560546556
- together with Hermann Reich : Seismic work in Northern Germany . Contributions to the physical exploration of the earth's crust, volume 3. Berlin: Preußische Geologische Landesanst., 1930. DNB 578805758
- involved in: Geological map of Prussia and neighboring states . Berlin: Prussian Geological State Institute, 1912–1934. DNB 560612230
literature
- Rudolf von Zwerger : On the current status of the geophysical survey of Germany - on Otto Barsch's 60th birthday . Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke Verlag , 1941.
- Hans Closs : Otto Barsch † . Geol. Jb., 66, 1950, pp. XXIX-XXXVII
Web links
- Otto Barsch in the German biography
- Literature by and about Otto Barsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Otto Barsch in Kalliope
- Literature by and about Otto Barsch in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.pgla.de/direkt.htm
- ↑ https://opac.geologie.ac.at/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=images&value=BR0109_000.pdf
- ↑ Member entry of Otto Barsch (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 22, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perch, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Persch, Otto August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Költschen , Oststernberg district |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1946 |