!!!Höfer von Heimhalt, Hans

b. Loket, Czech Republic (then Elbogen), May 17, 1843, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 9, 1924, geologist, from 1864 worked at the 
state-owned coal and steel industry, 1867/68 geologist at the Imperial 
Institute of Geology, surveying and drawing maps; from 1869 taught at 
the School of Mining in Klagenfurt, later at the Mining Academy 
Přibram, 1881-1911 taught at the Leoben University of Mining and 
Metallurgy. 1872 geologist with the Wilczek expedition to Spitzbergen. 
Pioneered oil drilling techniques, was often consulted as an expert on 
drinking water supplies.

!Works
Das Erdoel (Petroleum) und seine Verwandten, 1888; Anleitung 
zur Bestimmung der Familien und Gattungen der Ammoniten und deren 
Nebenformen, 1892; Grundwasser und Quellen, 1912; Anleitung zum 
geologischen Beobachten, Kartieren und Profilieren, 1915.

!Literature
K. A. Redlich, H. H. v. H., 
Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 1924; OeBL.



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