Richard Hunger

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Walter Richard Hunger (born September 28, 1911 in Halle (Saale) ; † May 1, 1957 in Freiberg ) was a German geologist and university professor.

Life

Richard Hunger grew up in Halle and graduated from high school in 1932. He then studied natural sciences in Halle and Munich with the main subjects geology and botany . He finished his studies in 1938 and completed his doctorate at the Martin Luther University in Halle in the same year . In the same year he accepted an assistant position at the Museum for Central German Geological History and Geiseltalsammlung in Halle.

Between 1940 and 1945 he served in the military, initially as a pioneer and from 1941 as a military geologist. Richard Hunger returned to Halle on May 8, 1945, where he was in charge of the Geiseltal Museum until March 31, 1950 . He also worked for the museums in Wolmirstedt , Merseburg , Freyburg (Unstrut) , Halberstadt and Oschersleben , and he gave lectures on geological topics in the Kulturbund and at the adult education center .

On April 1, 1950, he became an assistant at the Institute for Fuel Geology at the Bergakademie Freiberg , and just under a year later he became senior scientific assistant. In 1952 he got a lectureship in fuel geology. In April 1953 he completed his habilitation. On June 15, 1953, Hunger was appointed full professor of fuel geology and institute director. From 1956 to 1957 he also headed the fuel geology department of the newly founded German Fuel Institute Freiberg.

Richard Hunger died of a heart attack at the age of 45. His grave is on the Donatsfriedhof in Freiberg . On September 27, 1991, Richard Hunger's life and work were honored with a memorial colloquium at the Institute of Geology at the Bergakademie Freiberg.

Publications (selection)

  • Biostratonomy and palaeobotany of the carboniferous deposits of the Eocene humodile of the Zeitz-Weißenfelser district . Dissertation, Halle, 1939. In: Braunkohlenarchiv . 51/1939, pp. 33-69
  • Geology or world ice theory . Isert Halle, 1948
  • Frozen habitats . Hall, 1948
  • Dwarves and giants of the past . Hall, 1949
  • Results of the Geiseltal excavations in 1949 . Freiberg, 1951
  • Introduction to paleontology . Verlag Technik Berlin. Volume 5/1952
  • Introduction to paleontology . Verlag Technik Berlin. Volume 6/1952
  • Microbotanical-stratigraphic investigations of lignite in southern Upper Lusatia and pollen analysis as a means of interpreting seam genesis . Habilitation, Freiberg, 1953
  • From the diary of the earth . Brockhaus Leipzig, 1956
  • Biogenic rock formation . German Science Publishing House Berlin, 1956

literature

  • Adolf Watznauer : Prof. Dr. sc. nat. habil. Richard Hunger † . In: Bergakademie . 9/1957/6, pp. 324-326
  • Rainer Vulpius: Professor Dr. Richard Hunger (September 28, 1911– May 1, 1957) on the return of his 90th birthday: a contribution to the history of Freiberg fuel geology . In: Journal for friends and sponsors of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg . 8/2001, pp. 52-60
  • Hartmut Schleiff, Roland Volkmer, Herbert Kaden : Catalogus Professorum Fribergensis: Professors and teachers at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg 1765 to 2015. Freiberg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86012-492-5 , p. 204
  • Rainer Vulpius: Professor Dr. Richard Hunger to commemorate the 60th anniversary of his death . In: ACAMONTA - magazine for friends and supporters of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg . 24/2017. ISSN 2193-309X, pp. 150-151

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hartmut Schleiff, Roland Volkmer, Herbert Kaden : Catalogus Professorum Fribergensis: Professors and teachers at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg 1765 to 2015. Freiberg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86012-492-5 , p. 204
  2. ↑ a b c Rainer Vulpius: Professor Dr. Richard Hunger to commemorate the 60th anniversary of his death . In: ACAMONTA - magazine for friends and supporters of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg . 24/2017. ISSN 2193-309X, pp. 150-151
  3. ↑ Bergakademische professor graves in Freiberg cemeteries . Freiberg, 2006. ISBN 978-3-86012-285-3 . P. 46
  4. ^ Rainer Vulpius: Professor Dr. Richard Hunger (September 28, 1911 - May 1, 1957) on the return of his 90th birthday: a contribution to the history of Freiberg fuel geology . In: Journal for friends and sponsors of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg . 8/2001, pp. 52-60
personal data
SURNAME Hungry, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunger, Walter Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1957
Place of death Freiberg