Rudolf Schlegelmilch

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Rudolf Schlegelmilch (born September 7, 1931 in Arnstadt ; † December 21, 2018 in Aalen ) was a German physicist and paleontologist .

Schlegelmilch studied physics in Jena and Berlin, received his doctorate in 1967 at the TU Berlin (dissertation: Recombination processes in the electroluminescence of zinc sulfide phosphors) and was then project manager for large astronomical instruments at Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen . In addition, he dealt with paleontology. He quit Zeiss in 1991 and devoted himself entirely to fossil studies.

Schlegelmilch was known for several standard works on ammonites from the southern German Jura . He was involved (among others, for example Ulrich Sauerborn ) in the establishment of the Prehistory Museum in Aalen , which opened in 1977. The Urweltmuseum is now located in the Old Town Hall . The museum is run by the Ostalb geology group and is part of the Swabian Alb Geopark .

In 1973 he chaired the 44th annual meeting of the International Paleontological Society in Aalen.

In 1986 he received the Zittel Medal for his services to palaeontology . In 2006 he received the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Fonts

  • The ammonites of the southern German Malms . G. Fischer, Stuttgart 1994.
  • The ammonites of the southern German Lias . G. Fischer, Stuttgart 1976.
  • The ammonites of the southern German mastiff . G. Fischer, 1985.
  • The belemnites of the southern German Jura . G. Fischer, 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice , in: Schwäbische Post, December 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ No fossil: Rudolf Schlegelmilch is 80 In: Schwäbische, September 6, 2011.
  3. ^ Report of the Cannstatter Zeitung on the threatened closure of the Urweltmuseum Aalen
  4. ↑ Aalen Prehistory Museum
personal data
SURNAME Schlegelmilch, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnstadt
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 2018
Place of death Bask