Hans Schneiderhöhn (2 June 1887, in
Mainz – 5 August 1962, in
Sölden) was a German
geologist and
mineralogist who specialized in ore
microscopy
Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye). There are three well-known branches of micr ...
.
Biography
In 1909 he received his doctorate from the
University of Giessen, and two years later began work as an assistant to
Theodor Liebisch
Theodor Liebisch (29 April 1852, Breslau – 9 February 1922, Berlin) was a German mineralogist and crystallographer.
Biography
In 1874 he received his doctorate from the University of Breslau, then worked as an assistant to Gerhard vom Ra ...
at the mineralogical-petrographic institute of the
University of Berlin. In 1914, on behalf of the
Otavi Mining and Railway Company, he traveled to
German Southwest Africa
German South West Africa (german: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. With a total area of ...
, where he spent several years conducting studies on the geology and ore deposits of the Otavi Mountains. In 1919 he obtained his habilitation for mineralogy,
petrology
Petrology () is the branch of geology that studies rocks and the conditions under which they form. Petrology has three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology. Igneous and metamorphic petrology are commonly taught together ...
and
economic geology
Economic geology is concerned with earth materials that can be used for economic and/or industrial purposes. These materials include precious and base metals, nonmetallic minerals and construction-grade stone. Economic geology is a subdisciplin ...
at the
University of Frankfurt. During the following year, he returned to Giessen as an associate professor of mineralogy, and soon afterwards attained a full professorship. Later in his career he served as a professor at the
''Technische Hochschule'' in Aachen (from 1924) and at the
University of Freiburg (from 1926).
The mineral
schneiderhöhnite is named in his honor.
Selected works
* ''Anleitung zur mikroskopischen bestimmung und untersuchung von erzen und aufbereitungsprodukten besonders im auffallenden licht'', 1922 – Instructions for microscopic identification and analysis of ores, etc.
* ''Lehrbuch der Erzmikroskopie'', (with
Paul Ramdohr), 1931–34; 2 volumes – Textbook of ore microscopy.
* ''Erzmikroskopische Bestimmungstafeln : Anhang zum Lehrbuch der Erzmikrospie'', 1931.
* ''Mineralogische bodenschätze im südlichen Afrika'', 1931 – Mineral resources of
southern Africa.
* ''Die Erzlagerstätten der Erde'', 1933 – The ore deposits of the earth.
* ''Lehrbuch der Erzlagerstättenkunde'', 1941 – Textbook of economic geology in regards to ores.
* ''Einführung in die Kristallographie'', 1949 – Introduction to
crystallography
Crystallography is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids. Crystallography is a fundamental subject in the fields of materials science and solid-state physics (condensed matter physics). The wor ...
.
* ''Erzmikroskopisches Praktikum'', 1952 – Ore microscopy field work.
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References
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1887 births
1962 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Freiburg
Academic staff of the University of Giessen
Scientists from Mainz
20th-century German geologists
German mineralogists