Lipold, Marcus Vincens
born 1816, Mozirje (in the Slovenian part of southern Styria), died 22nd April 1883, Idria (now Slovenia)
Austrian geologist and mining engineer of Slovenian origin. At first he was mining officer in Vienna and became famous in the scientific community because of his work. Later he was a 'Begehungscommissär' in Tyrol, he took a course at the mining engineering museum and conducted geological investigations in the estate Nadworna in eastern Galicia (now Poland). After the foundation of the Imperial Geological Institute in Vienna in 1849 he became its member. He was involved in mapping of the eastern Alps. In 1867, he left for Idria, where he became the chairman of the Mining Office. Later, as the chief geologist, he worked in the Central Bohemian Proterozoic and Early Paleozoic (now Barrandian). He belonged among the opponents of the theory of colonies introduced by J.Barrande. He published numerous papers on coal deposits of Central Bohemia and the Ordovician sedimentary iron ores. He also worked in Silesia and wrote and published several geological and petrographic studies mainly from eastern part of the Nízký Jeseník Mountains, from the central Sudetes and the Těšín region. He described the well-known Hohenegger’s collection of minerals in Těšín.
Works of this author on the medium
- Environs of Bystrý [near Svitavy], (18..)
 - Environs of Stříbrná Skalice and Benešov, (18..)
 - Environs of Nový Bydžov and Hradec Králové, (18..)
 - Environs of Plzeň, (1854)
 - Geological cross-sections of northwestern part of Moravia, (1858)
 - Geological studies in northwestern Moravia, (1858)
 - Environs of the city of Prague, (1859)
 - Environs of Beroun and Příbram, (1859)
 - Synoptic sketch map of black coal area of the Prague region, (1859)
 - Layout of black coal mines near Otvovice, (1859)
 - Layout plan. Black coal underground mine near Rakovník, (1859)
 - Layout of black coal mines near Brandýsek, Buštěhrad and Kladno, (1859)
 - Black coal area in nortwestern part of the Prague region , (1859)
 - Geological map of a part of southern boundary of Silurian system in Bohemia [Liteň], (1860)
 - Layout plan and geological map of the Barrande colonies „Haidinger“ and „Krejčí“ in Silurian System of Bohemia , (1860)
 - Environs of Brandýs nad Labem, (1860)
 - Geological map of a part of southern margin of the Late Silurian in Bohemia [Radotín] , (1861)
 - On colonies of Mr.J.Barrande in the Silurian System of Bohemia , (1861)
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