Paul A. Ramdohr[1] (1 January 1890 in
Überlingen – 8 March 1985 in Hohensachsen/
Weinheim), was a German
mineralogist,
ore deposit-researcher and a pioneer of ore microscopy.
Life
After attending school at the "Alten Gymnasium" of
Darmstadt and studying at the
University of Heidelberg, he earned his Doctorate in 1919 under the direction of
Otto Mügge in
Göttingen with a
Dissertation on
Basalts of the
Blauen Kuppe near
Eschwege. As a student in Heidelberg, Ramdohr joined the
fraternityLeonensia. His
Habilitation was completed soon thereafter under the direction of W. Bruhns on the topic of the
Gabbros in the area of Böllstein/
Brombachtal.
In 1926, he took a position at the
University of Aachen as Professor of Mineralogy, Petrography and Ore Geology. In 1934 he moved to the
Humboldt University of Berlin, and in 1951 to the University of Heidelberg. There he occupied the Professorship of Mineralogy, which he held until 1958.
Paul Ramdohr was married and had four sons and one daughter.
Publications
1926: Kristallographie, Göschen-Band together with Willy Bruhns
1931–1934: Lehrbuch der Erzmikroskopie Vols. 1 und 2, with
Hans Schneiderhöhn