1. Dr. Walter Biese (1895-1960) - Verspäteter Nachruf auf einen politisch verfolgten Geologen und Höhlenforscher.
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Knolle, Friedhart, Röhling, Heinz-Gerd, Brust, Michael K., and Danner, Peter
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KARST , *PALEONTOLOGY , *RESEARCH personnel , *CAVES , *MINING corporations , *ANHYDRITE , *POLITICAL persecution , *GEOLOGY - Abstract
The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Dr Walter Biese's admission to the German Geological Society. Biese, whose life and work this paper is intended to commemorate, was a geologist, palaeontologist and speleologist from Berlin. He is considered a pioneer of research into the genesis of the gypsum and anhydrite caves in the southern Harz region and critically examined the formerly popular cave river theory. During the Nazi era, Walter Biese was banned from his profession due to social democratic activities. In 1934 he emigrated to Switzerland and from there to Chile in 1937. Walter Biese continued to be active in geology, palaeontology and speleology in these two countries. In Switzerland he compiled a cave register, while in Chile he first worked for a mining company and then as an independent geologist and on behalf of the government, mainly in the field of raw material exploration and regional mapping. In addition, he dedicated himself to palaeontology, botany and zoology, especially malacology. In 1959, he was awarded honorary membership of the Federation of German Cave and Karst Researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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