Vilhelm Milthers

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Vilhelm Milthers

Poul Christian Vilhelm Madsen Milthers (* 1865 ; † 1962 ) was a Danish geologist, particularly of the Quaternary .

Milthers trained as a chemical engineer at the Askov Adult Education Center from 1886 to 1888 and at the Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated in 1894. Since 1895 he worked as a geologist in the geological survey of Denmark (Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse). From 1904 until his retirement in 1935 he held the title of State Geologist . In particular, he examined the Ice Age landscapes of Denmark and developed a statistical method of dating and classifying moraines according to guide debris . However, its limitation to a few types of rock (six types of porphyries ) turned out to be too narrow. In addition to the guide attachments in Scandinavia, he also examined their distribution in western Poland, eastern Silesia and northern Moravia.

In the first decades of the 20th century, as a defender of Darwinism , he was also involved in controversies with representatives of the creationist currents within the Grundvig folk high school system that was so influential in Denmark. 1913 to 1931 he was director of the Copenhagen Adult Education Association (Højskoleforening).

He was an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen .

He coined the name Alleröd-Interstadial in the Vistula Ice Age.

Fonts

  • Nordøstsjællands Geologi, Copenhagen, CA Reitzel, 1922, 1943
  • Israndens tilbagerykning fra Østjylland til Sjaelland-Fyn, belyst ved Ledeblokke, Copenhagen, CA Reitzel 1932
  • Bornholms geologi, Copenhagen, CA Reitzel 1916

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Per Smed, Jürgen Ehlers Steine ​​aus dem Norden , Borntraeger 1994, p. 66
  2. ^ Corresponding writings by Milthers: The distribution of Scandinavian Leitgeschiebe in the Quaternary of West Germany , Abhandlungen Preuss. Geolog. Landesanstalt, New Series, Volume 156, 1934, Leitgeschiebe from Gotland and Gotska Sandön and the home of the Ostseeporphyre , Geologiska föreningens i Stockholm Forhandlingar, Volume 55, 1933, pp. 19-28, Scandinavian indicator boulders in the Quarternary Deposits , Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse , 2nd series, volume 23, 1909 (153 pages)
  3. ^ Biography of Hans Hjermitslev in the Darwin Archives
personal data
SURNAME Milthers, Vilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Milthers, Poul Christian Vilhelm Madsen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish geologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1865
DATE OF DEATH 1962