Paul Dorn (geologist)

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Paul Dorn (born January 15, 1901 in Hollfeld , † July 12, 1959 in Braunschweig ) was a German geologist .

Paul Dorn was born in Upper Franconia as the son of a veterinarian. From 1920 to 1924 he studied geology and mineralogy at the University of Erlangen , the University of Heidelberg and the University of Breslau . In 1929 he received his habilitation in Erlangen and from 1933 he was a lecturer in applied geology (and from 1936 associate professor) in Tübingen, succeeding Bruno von Freyberg . In 1939 he became a professor at the Mineralogical-Geological Institute of the TH Braunschweig . 1952 to 1956 he was rector of the TH Braunschweig. Since 1949 he was a member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society .

Dorn is known as the author of a standard work on the geology of Central Europe and dealt in particular with the geology of the Franconian Alb . A street in his hometown Hollfeld is named in his honor.

Fonts

  • with Franz Lotze : Geology of Central Europe. Swiss Beard, 1951, 4th edition 1971 (7th edition 2007 by Roland Walter , completely revised).
  • Stratigraphic-paleogeographical investigations in the middle and upper Dogger of the Franconian Jura. 1939.
  • Geological excursion guide through the southern Franconian Jura and the neighboring Keuper area, geolog. Excursion guide through the Frankenalb Volume 2, Spindler 1928.
  • with others: Geological map of Bavaria. Bavarian State Geological Office 1958.
  • On the question of the origin of the Braunschweig castle lion. 1954.
  • with Adolf Wurm : The Fichtelgebirge Algonkium and its relationship to the Algonkium of Central Europe. Dep. Geolog. State investigation Bayr. Oberbergamt, Volume 6, 1932.
  • Paleogeographic studies of the Jurassic Posidonia schist sea in Germany. Tübingen natural science Abh., Volume 15, Ferdinand Enke 1936.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to Geolog. Sheets for Northeast Bavaria and adjacent areas, Volume 9–11, 1959.
personal data
SURNAME Dorn, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Hollfeld
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1959
Place of death Braunschweig