Udo Schwertmann
Udo Schwertmann (born November 25, 1927 in Stade ; † January 20, 2016 in Freising ) was a German soil scientist . He was best known for his research on iron oxides ; the mineral sword mannite is named after him.
Life
After graduating from high school in 1945, Schwertmann completed an apprenticeship as a gardener and then studied first horticulture and then chemistry in Hanover . In 1961 he completed his habilitation on clay minerals in soils and sediments and in 1964 he became full professor and director of the Institute for Soil Science at the TU Berlin . From 1970 until his retirement in 1995 he held the newly created chair for soil science at the Technical University of Munich .
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Udo Schwertmann wrote more than 250 publications in soil science and several monographs and handbooks . He was co-author of several editions of the German standard textbook Scheffer / Schachtschabel textbook of soil science . With The iron oxides , he wrote another standard work together with Rochelle Cornell based on his research on the formation conditions and forms of iron oxides in soils.
Awards
The mineral Schwertmannite ( eng. Schwertmannite ) was named after him in 1994. Schwertmann is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy , was the Clay Minerals Society for Pioneer in Clay Science appointed and received in 1996 by the University of Kiel , the honorary doctorate . He was also the recipient of the Philippe Duchaufour Medal of the European Geosciences Union . In 1987 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He was an honorary member of the German Soil Science Society .
supporting documents
- Ingrid Kögel-Knabner 2007: Announcements from the German Soil Science Society: On the 80th birthday of our honorary member Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Udo Schwertmann , Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 170, pp. 818–820 ( text as PDF ( Memento from June 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ))
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: EGU Philippe Duchaufour Medal 2005 )
Web links
- Literature by Udo Schwertmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of January 23, 2016
- ↑ American Mineralogist, Volume 80, pp. 845-850, 1995 PDF, 1.0 MB
- ^ Pioneer in Clay Science Lecturer ( English ) Clay Minerals Society. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ Member entry by Udo Schwertmann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 10, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swordman, Udo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soil scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stade , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 2016 |
| Place of death | Freising |