Correns, Carl W. (Carl Wilhelm), 1893-1980

LC control no.	n 85805509
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Correns, Carl W. (Carl Wilhelm), 1893-1980 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Correns, C. W. (Carl Wilhelm), 1893-1980
Birth date	1893-05-19
Death date	1980-08-29
Place of birth	Tübingen (Germany)
Place of death	Göttingen (Germany)
Field of activity	Sedimentology Petrology Mineralogy Geochemistry
Affiliation	Deutsche Atlantische Expedition (1925-1927) Universität Rostock Universität Göttingen
Profession or occupation	College teachers Mineralogists Geologists
Special note	Old catalog hdg: Correns, Carl Wilhelm, 1893-
Found in	LCCN 67-29617: His Einführung in die Mineralogie, 1968 (hdg.: Correns, Carl Wilhelm, 1893- ; usage: Carl W. Correns) LC data base, 5-6-85 (hdg.: Correns, Carl Wilhelm, 1893- ; usage: Carl W. Correns; variant: C.W. Correns) Biog. & geneal. master index, May 21, 2003 (Correns, Carl Wilhelm (1893-1980)) encyclopedia.com, August 10, 2020 (Correns, Carl Wilhelm; born in Túbingen, Germany on 19 May 1893; died in Göttingen, Germany on 29 August 1980; sedimentary petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry; Correns was the son of Carl Erich Correns and Elisabeth Widmer; his father, a botanist, was one of the founders of modern genetics; he received a Ph. D. in 1920 in Berlin; after an assistantship at the Geological Institute of the University at Munich, he entered the Prussian Geological Survey in 1921; in 1926 and 1927 Correns took part in the German Atlantic Expedition on the ship Meteor; this led to another voyage to Brazil in 1930 and a guest professorship at Sao Paulo in 1958; Correns was appointed associate professor of mineralogy and geology at the University of Rostock in 1927 and full professor in 1930; in 1938 he accepted the posts of professor of mineralogy and director of the new Institute of Sedimentary Petrography at the University of Göttingen; from 1941 until his retirement in 1961, Correns was also director of the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography at Göttingen; Correns was one of the founders of modern sedimentary petrology)
Associated language	ger