Wilhelm Bruhns

Franz Siegfried Willy Bruhns (born February 5, 1864 in Leipzig , † June 18, 1929 in Clausthal ) was a German mineralogist .

From 1882 Bruhns studied in Leipzig with Ferdinand Zirkel , and in 1886 was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD and then worked as an assistant at the physical-chemical institute in Leipzig. In 1887/88 he worked in Munich for Otto von der Pfordten (1861–1918).

From 1889 he was an assistant at the mineralogical institute of the University of Bonn and in 1892 he became a private lecturer there. In 1894 he moved to the Mineralogical and Petrographic Institute of the University of Strasbourg as a private lecturer , where he became a full professor in 1900. From 1909 he was a professor at the Clausthal Mining Academy , whose first rector he was from 1919 to 1921.

Web links

The Mineralogical Record - BRUHNS, Franz Siegfried Willy (1864–1929)

Individual evidence

^ Georg Müller: Clausthal University of Technology. Outline of their historical development . Clausthal University Library, Clausthal 2007, ISBN 978-3-940394-05-7 , p. 15 ( gbv.de [PDF; 3.8 MB ; accessed on August 30, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Bruhns, Franz Siegfried Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 1929
Place of death	Clausthal

[Müller-1] Georg Müller: Clausthal University of Technology. Outline of their historical development . Clausthal University Library, Clausthal 2007, ISBN 978-3-940394-05-7 , p. 15 ( gbv.de [PDF; 3.8 MB ; accessed on August 30, 2018]).