Rudolph Hauthal

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Rudolph Hauthal (born March 3, 1854 in Hamburg , † 1928 in Hildesheim ) was a German geologist .

Hauthal studied theology, later natural sciences, and went to Argentina in 1890 as a private teacher. In 1891, Hauthal became director of the newly established Museum of La Plata , Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in 1896 Professor of Geology at the University of La Plata . In the same year he met the geologist Carl Emanuel Burckhardt . Hauthal made numerous research trips to the Andean region of Argentina , to Chile , Paraguay , Bolivia and Peru . In addition to the geology of the Andes and the history of the glaciation of the Patagonian Ice Sheet , he also researched the flora of the region. He confirmed and supplemented the findings of the geologist Hans Meyer (1858–1929) on the multiphase nature of the glaciation of Patagonia. He also managed the first ascent of the Lanín volcano in the southern Andes.

In 1906 he returned to Germany, where he headed the Roemer Museum in Hildesheim , today part of the Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim , until 1924 . The museum owes large parts of its important ancient Peru collection to its good contacts in Latin America.

The Lago Hauthal he discovered in the Argentine Andes was named after him.

Works

  • About the geological conditions in the province of Buenos Aires. Dissertation, Strasbourg 1903.
  • Travels in Bolivia and Peru, glacial geological research results. Leipzig 1911.
  • The mining industry in Argentina. Berlin 1912.
  • (with Carl Martin): The German emigration to Argentina. Berlin 1920.
  • About the origin and treasure trove of penitentiary snow. In: Colonial Studies (Festschrift Hans Meyer). Berlin 1928, pp. 311-327.

literature

  • Maike Kozok: From monastery to museum - studies on the architectural history of the Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-8067-8713-9

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Old view of the lake , accessed on March 27, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hauthal, Rudolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 1928
Place of death Hildesheim