Reinhard Pflug

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Reinhard Pflug (born April 1, 1932 in Schwerte ; † February 9, 2012 in Kirchzarten near Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German geologist and pioneer of data processing in geology.

After studying geology in Tübingen and Bonn and from 1960 on a teaching position in Rio de Janeiro with extensive field work, Pflug set up the Eschwege Institute in Diamantina (Brazil) and completed his habilitation in 1964 at Heidelberg University .

In 1970 he was offered a professorship for geology and palaeontology at the University of Freiburg, succeeding Max Pfannenstiel . There, his strong interest in the emerging data processing led to the formation of a new focus in research and teaching. The modern equipment and the programming courses offered in the then contemporary profession made the institute popular.

As director of the Geological Institute, he supervised 51 dissertations and more than 100 diploma theses from 1970 to 2000 . After his retirement, Pflug devoted himself to the further development of his GeolKart program, which can be used to create geological maps. He lived in Freiburg and continued to supervise diploma theses and organized excursions to the Swiss Alps.

In 1960 he received the Hermann Credner Prize and in 1999 the Hans Stille Medal of the DGG .

Reinhard Pflug died on February 9, 2012 in Kirchzarten near Freiburg.

literature

  • Festschrift for Reinhard Pflug on the occasion of his 75th birthday on April 1, 2007. = Festschrift for Reinhard Pflug on the occasion of his 75th anniversary on April 1, 2007 (= Journal of the German Society for Geosciences. Vol. 158, No. 1, ISSN  1860-1804 ). Swiss beard, Stuttgart 2007.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ News of the German Geological Society 1999 (PDF file; 591 kB), p. 10
  2. ^ R. Pflug's biography. Institute for Geosciences - Geology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  3. ^ Obituary to R. Pflug, GMIT (Geoscientific Communications), No. 48, July 2012 ( ISSN  1616-3931 )
personal data
SURNAME Plow, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Swords
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2012
Place of death Kirchzarten near Freiburg im Breisgau