Viktor Uhlig

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Victor Uhlig

Viktor Uhlig , also Victor Karl , (born January 2, 1857 in Leskowetz , Austrian Silesia , † June 4, 1911 in Karlsbad ) was an Austrian geologist and paleontologist .

Life

Uhlig studied at the universities of Graz and Vienna. After completing his studies, he was an assistant at the Vienna University of Paleontology from 1877 to 1883 . In 1881 he worked at the Imperial Geological Institute until 1890. From 1891 Uhlig taught at the German University in Prague until he was appointed as a paleontologist and then as professor of geology at the University of Vienna in 1900, where he remained until his death. In 1894 he became a corresponding member, in 1901 a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . In 1907 he was a co-founder and first president of the Vienna Geological Society . In 1910 he was elected deputy chairman of the newly founded Geological Association .

The Leopoldina honored him in 1909 as an author of particularly important scientific work with the Cothenius Medal. In 1899 he had already been elected a member of the Leopoldina.

In addition to the Eastern Alps, he was particularly interested in the geology and paleontology of the Carpathian Mountains . He belonged to the Evangelical Church and took an active part in public life.

There are contradicting information about his place of death. According to the municipal calendar, Uhlig died in Vienna, Eduard Suess , Uhlig's predecessor at the chair for geology in Vienna, but stated in his obituary that Uhlig was different in Karlsbad in the arms of his devoted wife . In the same issue of the Neue Freie Presse is from Uhlig's disease professor reported that resulted in Karlovy Vary in the sanatorium of the surgeon Fink to severe and ultimately fatal gallstone surgery. The body of the scholar was buried on June 7, 1911 in the Protestant cemetery of Prague -Strašnice (Praha-Strašnice).

In 1956 Uhligstrasse in Vienna- Favoriten was named after him.

Fonts

  • About the cephalopod fauna of the Teschen and Grodischter strata . In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Scientific Class , Volume 72, 1902.
  • About the Jurassic fossils collected by H (ermann) Abich in the Caucasus . In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Scientific Class , Volume 59, 1891.
  • Contributions to the geology of the Fatrakriván Mountains . In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Scientific Class , Volume 72, 1902.
  • Eduard Suess : Contributions to the stratigraphy of Central Asia based on the collections of F (erdinand) Stoliczka and K (arol) Bogdanowitsch [also: Bogdanowicz (1864–1947)], and with the support of Professor F (ritz) Frech in Breslau, Dr . E (dler) v (on) Mojsisovics WMK Akad. And Mr. F (riedrich) Teller in Vienna and Professor V (iktor) Uhlig in Prague . In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class , Volume 61.1894, ZDB -ID 961131-9 , pp. 431–466. - Full text online (PDF; 3.2 MB) .
  • The fauna of the Spiti slate of the Himalayas, their geological age and their world position . Ib: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Scientific Class , Volume 85, 1910.
  • The geology of the Tatra Mountains . In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class . ZDB ID 961131-9.
  • About the occurrence and origin of petroleum . Berlin, 1884.
  • The underground water and its movement . Prague, 1896.
  • About a sub-liasian fauna from the Bukovina . Prague, 1900.
  • Construction and image of the Carpathian Mountains . Tempsky: Vienna, 1903.
  • Construction and image of Austria . Tempsky: Vienna, 1903 (together with Carl Diener , Rudolf Hoernes and Franz Eduard Suess )
  • About the tectonics of the Carpathians . Vienna, 1907.
  • The marine empires of the Jura and the Lower Cretaceous
  • The formation of the Alps

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Remarks

  1. ^ Winner of the Cothenius Medal of the Leopoldina
  2. ↑ Member entry of Viktor Uhlig at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Eduard Sueß:  In memory of Viktor Uhlig. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Afternoon Gazette, No. 16805/1911, June 6, 1911, p. 2, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  4. ↑ Dr. Franz Fink († 1926), head of the Fink Private Clinic, Karlsbad, Eduard-Knoll-Straße.
  5. ↑ Professor Dr. Viktor Uhlig. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Afternoon Journal, No. 16805/1911, June 6, 1911, p. 11, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  6. ↑ Prof. Dr. Viktor Uhlig †. In:  Prager Tagblatt , morning edition, No. 156/1911 (XXXVth year), June 7, 1911, p. 4, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ptb.
personal data
SURNAME Uhlig, Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Uhlig, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Lískovec u Frýdku-Místku
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1911
Place of death Carlsbad