Walther Schiller
Walther Schiller , also Walter Schiller , (* 1879 ; † January 14, 1944 at Aconcagua ) was a German geologist who worked in Argentina, where he is considered the founder of the geology of the high Andes .
Schiller came to Argentina in 1905 as a geologist for the La Plata Museum and for the geological survey of Argentina and stayed there, apart from a time as a mountain hunter and military geologist in the First World War. He was a professor at the University of La Plata .
Schiller researched mainly in the high Andes, in the Sierras Australes Bonaerenses (Sierra de la Ventana and Sierra de Tandil, Province of Buenos Aires), on Martín García , the oil regions of Comodoro Rivadavia (1915) and Neuquén , in Tierra del Fuego and in southern Bolivia .
He died while climbing the Aconcagua, an area that he explored from 1906 (he was also a mountaineer).
Fonts
- La alta cordillera de San Juan y Mendoza y parte de la provincia de San Juan. Anal minist. Agricult. de la Nación. Direc. de Minas, Buenos Aires 1912.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schiller, Walther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schiller, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1879 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1944 |
| Place of death | Aconcagua |