Wilhelm Haack

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Wilhelm Haack (born July 8, 1882 in Lügumkloster , † May 20, 1947 in Berlin ) was a German geologist .

Life

Haack studied geology at the University of Göttingen , where he received his doctorate in 1907 under Adolf von Koenen ( The Teutoburg Forest south of Osnabrück ). From 1912 to 1939 he was at the Prussian Geological State Institute , for which he a. a. mapped the area around Osnabrück . In 1927 he became a district geologist and professor and in 1935 a state geologist. In the 1930s he was mainly concerned with petroleum geology . After the Second World War, shortly after his retirement, he was summoned to East Berlin and arrested for unknown reasons. He died in Prenzlauer Berg prison.

He had been a member of the German Geological Society since 1908 . In 1912 he became a member of the Paleontological Society .

In 1952 a street in Osnabrück was named after him.

Fonts

  • For knowledge of the Osnabrück Triassic. In: Jb. Preuss. geol. LA, 47, 1926, pp. 160-207

literature

  • Heinrich Hiltermann : Wilhelm Haack, pioneer of Osnabrück geology . Osnabrücker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, Volume 9, Osnabrück 1982; PDF

References and comments

  1. ^ Membership directory of the German Geological Society v. March 1922
  2. ^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914
personal data
SURNAME Haack, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Liar monastery
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1947
Place of death Berlin