Wilhelm Ule

Wilhelm Ule, also: Willi Ule ( born May 9, 1861 in Halle ( Saale), † February 13, 1940 in Rostock ) was a German geographer and Limnologist.

Life

As the son of the scientist Dr. Otto Ule and his wife Marie Strecker he attended until 1882, the City Gymnasium in Halle an der Saale. Then he studied in Halle and Berlin, the teachers of geography and mathematics. In 1888 he received the degree of Dr. phil. at the University of Halle on the topic The Mansfeld lakes. A year later he was appointed Lecturer in Geography at the University of Halle, after the topic was The low ratios of the Masurian Lakes his habilitation. In the same year he worked as Managing Director at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, who had also based in Halle an der Saale.

In 1907 he moved with his appointment as associate professor at the University of Rostock. When you get there founded the Geographical Institute in 1911, the geography was there to discipline. He took part in 1911 at the German Antarctic expedition and traveled in South America. After India and Ceylon, he traveled in 1914. In April 1933, he retired. On March 1, 1936, the Leopoldina took him on as a member.

As editor of the journals Geographical work and messages of the Geographical Society to Rostock he was able to contribute his expertise. Ule considered the founder of the Geography of Mecklenburg.

Writings (selection )

  • History of the Imperial Leopoldinisch - Carolinischen German Academy of Natural Scientists with a review of the earlier period of its existence on behalf of the President, Lord Privy Council Professor Dr. Hermann garlic written during the years 1852-1887, Halle 1889
  • The low ratios of the Masurian Lakes, Berlin 1890
  • The Mansfeld lakes and the operations to the same in 1892, Eisleben 1893
  • To Hydrographic der Saale, Stuttgart 1896
  • Falbs theories in the light of Science, Berlin 1897
  • Contribution to the physical exploration of the Baltic lakes, Stuttgart 1898
  • Floor plan of the general geography, Leipzig 1900
  • Atlas, Leipzig 1901
  • The Würmsee ( Lake Starnberg ) in Upper Bavaria. A limnological study, Leipzig 1901
  • The task of geographical research on rivers, Vienna 1902
  • Precipitation and runoff in Central Europe, Stuttgart 1903
  • Studies on Lake Ammersee in Upper Bavaria, Munich 1906
  • The geology and water, Halle 1907
  • Darwin's importance in the geography, the 1909 Vienna
  • Textbook of geography for secondary schools, Leipzig 1909
  • Geography of Mecklenburg, Stuttgart 1909
  • Darwinism applied to nations and states with Alfred Kirchhoff, Leipzig 1910
  • The German Empire - a geographical geography, Leipzig 1915
  • Physical Geography of the fresh water: ground water, springs, rivers, lakes, Leipzig 1925
  • Across South America, Lübeck 1925
  • The economic geography of Mecklenburg, Rostock 1927
  • Europe, Africa, Stuttgart 1928
  • The earth and its peoples - a geographic House Book, Stuttgart 1928
  • Asia, Australia and the South Sea Islands, the Americas, the Arctic countries, Stuttgart 1928
  • La tierra y sus Pobladores - traducida de la ultima edicion alemana por Antonio Calero Barcelo, Barcelona 1929
  • Mecklenburg, Bielefeld 1930
  • Floor plan of the general geography, Stuttgart 1931
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