Otto Franz Geyer

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Otto Franz Geyer (born May 18, 1924 in Bergreichenstein ; † November 12, 2002 in Staufen im Breisgau ) was a German geologist and paleontologist .

After high school and military service in World War II as a first lieutenant in the tank destroyers, he studied biology at the University of Stuttgart from 1946 , but shortly afterwards switched to geology and paleontology. In 1953 he received his doctorate in Stuttgart and in 1959 he completed his habilitation. Afterwards he was a scientific assistant in Stuttgart and from 1967 until his retirement in 1989 he was professor of historical geology and stratigraphy in Stuttgart. Even after his retirement he remained scientifically active.

Around 117 scientific publications come from him. He supervised 25 doctoral students. In addition to Baden-Württemberg, he conducted field research in Spain, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and the Southern Alps. With Manfred Gwinner he wrote a standard work on the geology of Baden-Württemberg. He published among other things on stratigraphy and ammonites of the White Jura , the type locality of the Pliensbachian in Pliensbach and the ammonite family Perisphinctidae .

In 2001 he became an honorary member of the Upper Rhine Geological Association and the Society for Natural History in Württemberg .

Fonts

  • with Manfred Gwinner : Introduction to the geology of Baden-Württemberg , Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 2nd edition 1978, 5th edition 2011, edited by Matthias Geyer , Edgar Nitsch and Theo Simon
  • with Manfred Gwinner The Swabian Jura , Geological Guide Collection, Volume 40, Gebrüder Borntraeger 1962, 2nd edition as The Swabian Alb and its Foreland , 1979
  • The Southern Alps between Lake Garda and Friuli , Geological Guide Collection, Volume 86, Borntraeger Brothers 1993
  • with Thomas Schober, Matthias Geyer The Upper Rhine regions between Lake Constance and Basel , Geological Guide Collection, Volume 94, Borntraeger Brothers, 2003
  • Basics of Stratigraphy and Facies Studies , Schweizerbart, 2 volumes, 1973, 1977

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honorary members of the Society for Natural History in Württemberg
personal data
SURNAME Geyer, Otto Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergreichenstein
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2002
Place of death Staufen im Breisgau