Wilhelm Wagner (geologist)

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Wilhelm Heinrich Martin Wagner (born August 1, 1884 in Strasbourg , † November 21, 1970 in Darmstadt ) was a German geologist .

Life

Wagner was born in Strasbourg in 1884 as the son of the Protestant railway company secretary Ludwig Anton Wagner and his Protestant wife Henriette Luise Wagner, née Gravenhorst. After completing his Abitur, Wilhelm Wagner devoted himself to studying at the University of Strasbourg and at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , which he obtained in 1908 with the academic degree of Dr. rer. nat. completed. During his studies in 1906 he became a member of the Schwarzburgbund - Association of Burschenschaft Rheno-Germania Bonn . As a result, from 1909 he held an assistant position at the Geological State Institute of Alsace-Lorraine , and in 1917 he was appointed regional geologist. In 1922 he took over the position of state geologist in Hesse, and in 1924 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Darmstadt for geology.

In 1934 he was appointed to the chair of geology and technical rock science, succeeding Alexander Steuer , which he held until his retirement in 1954. At the same time he also acted as director of the geological and mineralogical department of the Hessian State Museum .

During his time in Darmstadt, Wagner was a member of the National Socialist German Lecturer Association (NSDDB).

Fonts

  • Geological description of the area around Fladungen in front of the Rhön, dissertation , Königliche Geologische Landesanstalt, 1910
  • The storage conditions on the west bank of the Mainz Basin near Kreuznach and the salt springs in Bad Kreuznach and Bad Münster am Stein, Darmstadt, 1924
  • With Ernst Kraus : Alsace, Brothers Borntraeger, Berlin, 1924
  • Soil map of the Hessian wine-growing regions: [with 1 supplementary map], Zaberndruck-Verlag, Ph. Von Zabern, Mainz, 1928
  • The radium content and radioactivity of the mineral springs in the Nahe valley baths in Bad Kreuznach and Bad Münster am Stein, 1938

literature

  • German Quaternary Association: Ice Age and Present, Volumes 22-25, Verlag Hohenlohesche Buchhandlung., 1971, page 437.
  • Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 10, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996 ISBN 3-598-23163-6 . Page 290.
  • Melanie Hanel: Normality under exceptional conditions. The TH Darmstadt under National Socialism , Darmstadt 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth certificate 2175/1884 Mairie Strasbourg
  2. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 145 No. 3387.
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Wilhelm Heinrich Martin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1970
Place of death Darmstadt