Laube, Gustav, 1839-1923

LC control no.	n 99801317
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Laube, Gustav, 1839-1923 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Laube, G. C., 1839-1923 Laube, Gust., 1839-1923 Laube, Gustav C., 1839-1923 Laube, Gustav Carl, 1839-1923 Laube, Gustav Karl, 1839-1923 Laube, Gustave Charles, 1839-1923 Laube, Professor, 1839-1923
Associated place	Greenland Arctic Regions Narsaq Kujalleq (Greenland)
Located	Munich (Germany) Vienna (Austria)
Birth date	1839-02-08
Death date	1923-04-12
Place of birth	Teplice (Czech Republic)
Place of death	Prague (Czech Republic)
Field of activity	Geology Paleontology Scientific expeditions Shipwreck survival
Affiliation	Deutsche Universität in Prag Universität München Universität Tübingen Technische Hochschule Wien Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870) Hansa (Schooner) Deutsche Technische Hochschule (Prague, Czech Republic) Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher
Profession or occupation	Geologists Paleontologists Explorers College teachers College administrators
Found in	Der Biliner sauerbrunn, 1889: t.p. (Gustav Laube) OCLC May 10, 1999 (hdg.: Laube, Gustav Karl, 1839-1923; Laube, Gustav C.; usage: Gustav C. Laube) World who's who in sci., 1968 (hdg.: Laube, Gustave Charles; geologist; b. 1839-1923) Historical cat. of sci. and sci. bks., 1984: p. 644 (Laube, Gustav Karl; geol.; 1839-1923) Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870). Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Kapitän Karl Koldewey, 1873-1874: v. 1, page XII ("In dankbarer Anerkennung sei hier der Künstler gedacht, deren Talent und Fleiss unser Werk so ausgiebig geschmückt hat; also der Expeditionsmitglieder ... Gustav Laube ...) page XXIV (in list of scientists on board the Hansa: "Dr. Gust. Laube aus Wien, Vertreter der Geologie, Docent an der Universität und der Polytechnischen Schule in Wien, 30 Jahre alt, in Teplitz geboren, studirte in Prag, München und Tübingen und wurde dann Assistent von Professor Hochstetter in Wien") page LXV (in table of contents: "Fünftes Kapitel. Von der Besetzung der Hansa bis zur Ansiedelung auf der Scholle. 7. September bis Ende October. Von Kapitän Hegemann, Professor Laube und Andern ... Neuntes Kapitel. Weiteres Verbleiben in Friedrichsthal. Fahrt über Igikait nach Nennortalik. Von Professor Laube") Kühn. "Laube, Gustav Carl (1839-1923)," in Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950, Bd. 5, Lfg. 21 (1970), accessed online March 26, 2020: pages 44-45 (Laube Gustav Carl, geologist and explorer, born Teplice, Bohemia, 9. 1. 1839; died Prague, 12. 4. 1923; studied geology and paleontology at the universities of Prague, Munich and Tübingen; 1865, Dr. rer. nat.; from 1865, assistent to F. v. Hochstetter at the Polytechnisches Institute in Vienna; Habilitation for paleontology here, 1866, and at the University of Vienna, 1867; traveled 1869-1870 as geologist of the 2nd German North Polar Expedition on the ship "Hansa," which was crushed by pack ice on 17. 5. 1870 [sic]; with a few companions, he made his way back to the southern tip of Greenland on an ice floe, on a voyage lasting 200 days; in 1871, professor at the Ständisches Polytechnisches Institut (later Deutsche Technische Hochschule) in Prague; in 1878, professor at the Deutsche Universität Prag, where he established the new geological-paleontological institute; 1893-1894, rector) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, March 26, 2020 (Laube, Gustav C.; academic degree: Prof., Dr.; gender: male; other names: Laube, Gustav K.; Laube, Gustav; Laube, Gustav Karl; Laube, Gust. Karl; Laube, Gustav Carl; Laube, G. C.; life dates: 1839-1923; born: Teplitz; died: Prague; other information: since 1891, chairman of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung von Wissenschaften, Kunst und Literatur in Böhmen; member of the Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher since 1874) Wikipedia, March 26, 2020 (Gustav Karl Laube (8 February 1839, Teplitz-12 April 1923, Prague); Bohemian German geologist and paleontologist) German Wikipedia, March 26, 2020 (Gustav Carl Laube, also Gustav Karl Laube (born 9 January 1839 in Teplitz-Schönau, Bohemia, Austrian Empire; died 12 April 1923 in Prague, Czechoslovakia); Bohemian-Austrian geologist, paleontologist and explorer; 1869-1870, geologist for the 2nd German North Polar Expedition on board the Hansa, which was trapped by ice, crushed and sank; the expedition members were able to save themselves on an ice floe, which drifted 1,500 km southwards and landed after 6 months in Friedrichsthal (Narsaq Kujalleq); in 1918, elevated to Austrian nobility as Edler von Laube) Wikipedia, March 26, 2020 (in article: "German North Polar Expedition": "Hansa was inescapably stuck in the pack ice by mid-September 1869. During the next month, the ship was slowly milled by the ice and finally sank on 22 October ... approximately 10 km from the East Greenland coast. The crew managed to survive the winter in a shelter built of coal dust briquettes, while drifting on the sea ice southward along the eastern coast of Greenland"; in June 1870, they reached the coast by boat and eventually arrived at Friedrichsthal (modern Narsaq Kujalleq), from where they were able to return to Germany in September)
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