Otto Eggert
Hermann Paul Otto Eggert (born February 4, 1874 in Tilsit ; † January 20, 1944 in Danzig ) was a German geodesist and professor at the technical universities of Danzig and Berlin , where he was also rector in 1933/34 . From 1936 to 1939 he headed the Geodetic Institute Potsdam .
origin
The Eggert family was one of the Salzburg exiles who came to Prussia around 1730. His father Hermann Eggert was a master tailor in Tilsit, his wife Johanna Bluhm was the daughter of a milk merchant.
Life
Similar to Wilhelm Jordan before him, he was instrumental in redesigning the academic training of surveyors and in re-establishing the Berlin chairs for geodetic astronomy and photogrammetry . He is known to this day for the continuation and publication of the textbook series Handbuch der Vermessungskunde (JEK Jordan-Eggert-Kneißl).
In 1920 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1943 Eggert was awarded the Helmert commemorative coin from the German Association for Surveying .
family
In 1903 he married Elsa Schultz († 1944), a daughter of the chamber musician Albert Schultz . The couple had a daughter.
literature
- Erich Brennecke: Eggert, Otto. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 335 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Eggert in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eggert, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eggert, Hermann Paul Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geodesist, university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tilsit |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1944 |
| Place of death | Gdańsk |