Willi Ule
Willi Ule , also Wilhelm Ule (born May 9, 1861 in Halle (Saale) , † February 13, 1940 in Rostock ) was a German geographer and limnologist .
Life
Willi Ule was the son of the natural scientist Otto Ule and his wife Marie Strecker. He attended the city high school in Halle an der Saale until 1882. He then studied geography and mathematics in Halle and Berlin . In 1888 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. at the University of Halle with the topic The Mansfeld Lakes . In the following year he was appointed private lecturer in geography at the University of Halle after he received his habilitation on the subject of the depths of the Masurian lakes . In 1889 he became managing director of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , which was also based in Halle an der Saale.
In 1907 he moved to Rostock University with the appointment of associate professor . When the Geographical Institute was founded there in 1911, geography became a specialist discipline there. In 1911 he accompanied the Second German Antarctic Expedition to Pernambuco and toured South America. In 1914 he traveled to India and Ceylon .
He retired in April 1933 . On March 1, 1936, the Leopoldina accepted him as a member.
As the editor of the journals Geographical Works and the communications of the Geographic Society of Rostock , he was able to contribute his specialist knowledge. From 1897 to 1900 Ule acted as editor of the long leading popular science journal in Germany, Die Natur, which his father had co-founded in 1852. Ule is considered to be the founder of Mecklenburg regional studies .
Fonts (selection)
- History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852-1887 with a look back at the earlier times of its existence on behalf of the President, Herr Geheimes Rathes Professor Dr. Hermann Knoblauch , Halle 1889
- The depths of the Masurian Lakes , Berlin 1890
- The Mansfeld lakes and what happened there in 1892 , Eisleben in 1893
- On the hydrography of the Saale , Stuttgart 1896
- Falb's Theories in the Light of Science , Berlin 1897
- Contribution to the physical research of the Baltic lakes , Stuttgart 1898
- Ground plan of the general geography , Leipzig 1900
- Atlas , Leipzig 1901
- The Würmsee (Starnbergersee) in Upper Bavaria. A limnological study , Leipzig 1901
- The task of geographic research on rivers , Vienna 1902
- Precipitation and runoff in Central Europe , Stuttgart 1903
- Studies at the Ammersee in Upper Bavaria , Munich 1906
- Soil shape and water , Halle 1907
- Local history of the Saalkreis, including the urban district of Halle and the Mansfeld Seekreis , Halle 1909
- Darwin's importance in geography , Vienna 1909
- Geography textbook for secondary schools , Leipzig 1909
- Geography of Mecklenburg , Stuttgart 1909
- Darwinism applied to peoples and states with Alfred Kirchhoff , Leipzig 1910
- The German Reich - a geographic study of the country , Leipzig 1915
- Physiogeography of fresh water: groundwater, springs, rivers, lakes , Leipzig 1925
- Across South America , Lübeck 1925
- The economic geographic conditions of Mecklenburg , Rostock 1927
- Europe, Africa , Stuttgart 1928
- The earth and its peoples - a geographical house book , Stuttgart 1928
- Asia, Australia and the South Sea Islands, America, the polar countries , Stuttgart 1928
- La tierra y sus pobladores - traducida de la ultima edicion alemana por Antonio Calero Barcelo , Barcelona 1929
- Mecklenburg , Bielefeld 1930
- Ground plan of the general geography , Stuttgart 1931
Web links
- Literature by and about Willi Ule in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Willi Ule in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Wilhelm Ule in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de
- Member entry of Willi (Wilhelm) Ule at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 2, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://forum.ahnenforschung.net/showthread.php?t=12534
- ↑ Herrmann AL Degener , Who is it ?, Berlin 1935
- ↑ http://www.physik.uni-rostock.de/mahnke/vergangenheit/2ndTry/node5.html
- ↑ Reinhard A. Krause: For the centenary of the German Antarctic Expedition under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner, 1911–1912 (PDF; 28.36 MB). In: Polar Research . Volume 81, No. 2, 2011 (published 2012), pp. 103–126.
- ^ Andreas W. Daum: Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, p. 348, 351, 458, 513 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ule, Willi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ule, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1940 |
| Place of death | Rostock |