Paul Bergholz

Paul Bergholz in 1901

Paul Bergholz (born July 27, 1845 in Greifswald , † January 3, 1909 in Bremen ; full name Paul Erdmann Bergholz ) was a German meteorologist and teacher.

Life

Paul Bergholz was a son of the magistrate of the Greifswald blacksmiths and weapons smiths, Joachim Christian Wilhelm Bergholz and his wife, Johanne Amalie nee. This year, the daughter of a master blacksmith from Greifswald.

After graduating from high school, Bergholz began studying natural sciences at the University of Greifswald in the summer semester of 1862 . There he belonged to the Greifswald fraternity Rugia . In the winter semester of 1863 he moved to the University of Berlin , where he was a member of the Berlin fraternity Arminia . From the end of 1865 Bergholz worked for four and a half years at various iron and steel works in the Rhine Province as a technical chemist. From 1870 he studied further at the University of Göttingen , where he received his doctorate in 1871 with the thesis on the desilvering of lead by means of zinc .

Shortly thereafter, he passed the teaching examination at the University of Greifswald. In 1871 he worked as a teacher at the Ratsschule in Stralsund , in 1875 in Guhrau in Silesia and in 1876 in Sprottau . In 1878 he was employed as a teacher for natural sciences and mathematics at the Bremen high school and in 1887 was promoted to senior teacher. In 1899 he was awarded the title of high school professor.

meteorology

In addition to his teaching job, Bergholz also worked as head of the meteorological service for Bremen and later as head of the first order meteorological station. He was the founder of the Bremen Meteorological Observatory and director or chairman of the same.

From 1900 until shortly before his death, Bergholz was editor of the German Meteorological Yearbook.

Publications

• About the desilvering of the lead by means of zinc . Dissertation, Dieterich, Göttingen 1871.
• Wilhelm Olbers Focke : The free Hanseatic city of Bremen and its surroundings. Announcement to the participants in the 63rd meeting of the Society of German Naturalists and Doctors . Schünemann, Bremen 1890. (collaboration)
• The hurricanes of the Far East . Nössler, Bremen [a. a.] 1900.
• Jaipur observatory . 1902. (and in the magazine "Weltall")

literature

• Bergholz, Paul . In: Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons . Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-282-9 , p. 45.
• Otto Wiechmann: Paul Bergholz. In: Pomeranian Life Pictures III. Saunier, Stettin 1939, pp. 368-373.

Web links

• Literature about Paul Bergholz in the state bibliography MV