Emil Ernst August Tietze (15 June 1845, Breslau – 4 March 1931,

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) was an Austrian

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

. He received his education at the Universities of Breslau and

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...

. Afterwards, he joined the

Geological Survey of Austria The Geological Survey of Austria (german: Geologische Bundesanstalt, GBA) in Vienna is a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and is the central point for information and advice in the field of earth scienc ...

(1870), an agency that Tietze would be associated with until his retirement in 1918. In 1902 he became its director.Edinburgh Geological Society
Assynt The geologists’ Mecca by P M Dryburgh, S M Ross and C L Thompson Primarily known for his geological surveys of Eastern Europe (the

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

, Galicia,

Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and Pars pro toto#Geography, often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of Southern Europe, south and southeast Euro ...

and

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), he also conducted important research involving the

stratigraphy Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock (geology), rock layers (Stratum, strata) and layering (stratification). It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary rock, sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks. Stratigrap ...

and

tectonics Tectonics (; ) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. These include the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of the strong, old cores of continents k ...

in the

Elburz Mountains The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Tietze was interested in the processes of

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distin ...

that were responsible for modern-day land formations, in particular

karst topography Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...

. Tietze's wife, Rosa von Hauer, was the daughter of another notable Austrian geologist,

Franz Ritter von Hauer Franz Ritter von Hauer, or Franz von Hauer (January 30, 1822 – March 20, 1899), was an Austrian geologist. Biography Hauer was born in Vienna, the son of Joseph von Hauer (1778-1863), who was equally distinguished as a high Austrian offic ...

. Their son,

Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze (August 31, 1880 – February 17, 1964) was an Austrian mathematician, famous for the Tietze extension theorem on functions from topological spaces to the real numbers. He also developed the Tietze transformat ...

, became a mathematician.

Published works

* ''Ueber die devonischen Schichten von Ebersdorf unweit Neurode in der grafschaft Glatz'', 1870 - On the

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

strata of Ebersdorf near

Neurode Nowa Ruda ( cs, Nová Ruda, german: Neurode, szl, Nowŏ Ruda) is a town in south-western Poland near the Czech border, lying on the Włodzica river in the central Sudetes mountain range. it had 22,067 inhabitants. The town is located in Kłod ...

in the county of Glatz. * ''Beiträge zur geologie persiens: Gesammelte schriften'', 1877 - Contribution to the geology of Persia, collected writings. * ''Geologische Übersichtskarte von Bosnien-Hercegovina'', 1880 - Geological map of Bosnia-Hercegovina. * ''Grundlinien der Geologie von Bosnien-Hercegovina'', 1880 - Baseline geology of Bosnia-Hercegovina. * ''Beiträge zur Geologie von Galizien'', 1883 - Contribution to the geology of Galicia. * ''Geologische Uebersicht on Montenegro'', 1884 - Geological overview of Montenegro. * ''Eine Reise nach dem Ural'', 1898 - A journey to the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

. * ''Franz v. Hauer: sein Lebensgang und seine wissenschaftliche Thätigkeit ; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der österreichischen Geologie'', 1900 -

Franz von Hauer Franz Ritter von Hauer, or Franz von Hauer (January 30, 1822 – March 20, 1899), was an Austrian geologist. Biography Hauer was born in Vienna, the son of Joseph von Hauer (1778-1863), who was equally distinguished as a high Austrian offic ...

, his life's work and scientific activity.Google Search
(publications)

References

1845 births 1931 deaths University of Tübingen alumni University of Breslau alumni Scientists from Wrocław 19th-century Austrian geologists People from the Province of Silesia 20th-century Austrian geologists {{Geologist-stub