Geological maps of Europe (1780-1918)

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Wolf, Heinrich

born 21st December 1825, Vienna, died 23rd October 1882, Vienna

Austrian geologist. Thirst for further knowledge and education led the 26 years old suburban Viennese teacher to join the newly established Imperial Geological Institute. In the beginning of 1850, he was porter during the scientific mission of professor Hauer to the Upper Austrian Alps. Towards the end of the same year he was servant in the above Institute, attended evening classes at the College of Technology and, in 1856, completed the so called 'Nachhilfskursus'. In 1859, he became first probationer, later adjunct geologist, and finally in 1877, the chief geologist at the Imperial Geological Institute in Vienna. He carried out geological investigations in Austro-Hungary, mainly in Moravia. In 1851 - 1859, together with Foetterle, he studied geology of the regions of Jihlava, Znojmo, and Hradiště, and large part of the Brno and Přerov regions. He was mainly interested in applied and engineering geology (water supplies for towns, well drilling, foundation soils, etc.). He established collections of rocks and minerals at the Imperial Geological Institute. He wrote numerous papers and monographs of which the following can be quoted: 'Die barometrischen Höhenbestimmungen der k. k. geol. Reichsanstalt in den Jahren 1858, 1859, 1860' (1863), 'Bericht über die Wasserverhältnisse der Umgebung Teplitz' (1865), 'Bericht über die geologischen Aufnahmen im östlichen Böhmen' (1864, 'Erläuterungen zu den geologischen Karten der Umgebung von Hajdu - Nánás, Tokai und Alja Ujhely' (1863), 'Die Stadt und Umgebung von Olmütz. Eine geologische Skizze zur Erläuterung der Verhältnisse ihrer Wasserquellen' (1863), and 'Über die Gliederung der Kreideformation in Böhmen' (1865).

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