Vincent Hilber

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Vinzenz Hilber (contemporary also: Vincenz ; born June 29, 1853 in Graz ; † November 19, 1931 ibid) was an Austrian geologist and paleontologist .

Life

Vinzenz Hilber was born in Graz in 1853. He studied at the Universities of Graz and Strasbourg . In Graz he became Dr. phil. PhD and habilitation in geology in 1898 . Hilber had been a volunteer at the Geological Reichsanstalt in Vienna since 1878 . From 1879 to 1884 he carried out geological surveys in Galicia as an employee of the Geological Reich Institute .

On September 1, 1891, he was appointed curator at the Landesmuseum Joanneum and titular associate professor for geology and paleontology at the University of Graz. From 1893 to 1895 he carried out geological field surveys in numerous Balkan countries and in 1896 was commissioned by the editorial staff of the "Carte géologique de l'Europe" to correct the geological maps of the Balkan countries . In the period that followed, he traveled through northern, eastern and south-eastern Europe and the Orient. Among other things, he researched the geology of Thermopylae , important fossil sites such as the Pikermi mammal site in Attica .

In 1898 he became an associate professor at the University of Graz, in 1912 a full professor, and in 1924 he retired from the university. At the Joanneum he was a co-founder of the geological department in 1891 and headed it - from 1915 onwards - until his death. In 1904 he was appointed to a commission for the definition and protection of natural monuments . In 1930 Hilber was appointed Hofrat .

Hilber employed u. a. deal with stratigraphic questions of the Young Tertiary in Galicia and Styria , the principles of valley formation and mollusks and gastropods of the Tertiary. He also worked in the field of prehistory . For example, he succeeded in discovering a Neolithic man in a cave near Peggau .

Publications (selection)

He presented his geological and palaeontological observations in a large number of scientific publications, here is a selection:

  • The layers of Gamlitz near Ehrenhausen in Styria . Dissertation, University of Graz, 1877 (handwritten)
  • The Miocan layers from Gamlitz near Ehrenhausen in Styria . In: Yearbook of the Kaiserlich-Königliche Geologische Bundesanstalt 27, 1877, pp. 251–270 online (PDF; 1.7 MB)
  • The Miocän layers around the Sausal Mountains in Styria . In: Negotiations of the Geological Reichsanstalt 1877, pp. 293–296 online (PDF; 433 kB)
  • The Miocan layers from Gamlitz near Ehrenhausen in Styria . In: Negotiations of the Geological Reichsanstalt 1877, pp. 166–167 online (PDF; 332 kB)
  • New conchylia from the Central Styrian Mediterranean strata . In: Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences 79, Vienna 1879, pp. 1-49 online (PDF; 4.1 MB)
  • New and little known conchylia from the eastern Galician Miocene . In: Abhandlungen der Geologische Reichsanstalt in Wien 7, 1882, pp. 1–33 online (PDF; 4.8 MB)
  • Two new miocene pleurotomaries . In: Yearbook of the Imperial-Royal Geological Reichsanstalt 58, Vienna 1908, pp. 621–625
  • Valley staircase, a geological and geographical representation . German printing association, Graz 1912.
  • Prehistory of Styria. Natural Science Association for Styria, Graz 1922.

literature

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Wilfried Teppner: Vinzenz Hilber † . In: Communications from the natural science association for Styria 69, 1932, p. 87.
  2. ^ A b Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae . Vienna 1971, p. 48 ( PDF; 378 kB )
  3. ↑ a b c d e Hilber, Vinzenz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 314 f. (Direct links on p. 314 , p. 315 ).
  4. ↑ Wilfried Teppner: Vinzenz Hilber † . In: Communications from the Natural Science Association for Styria 69, 1932, p. 88.
  5. ↑ Wilfried Teppner: Vinzenz Hilber † . In: Communications of the natural science association for Styria 69, 1932, p. 89.
  6. ↑ Selection according to Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae . Vienna 1971, p. 48 and Hilber, Vinzenz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 314 f. (Direct links on p. 314 , p. 315 ).

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personal data
SURNAME Hilber, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1931
Place of death Graz