Gundolf Ernst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gundolf Ernst

German geologist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1930

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Apr-2002

Profession: geologist, university teacher, paleontologist, mineralogist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gundolf Ernst (August 29, 1930 – April 25, 2002) was a German geologist and mineralogist. Gundolf Ernst was the son of Wilhelm Ernst, geologist at Hamburg University, and his wife Elisabeth, née Thüme.
He grew up in Ahrensburg and came in contact with the archaeologist Alfred Rust while still a boy.
After his graduation he studied geology at Hamburg University and finished his doctoral thesis in the field of mineralogy in 1961.
He became a specialist in the study of the Cretaceous, especially fossilized sea urchins of this period.
From 1964 to 1976 he worked as a paleontologist at the Braunschweig University of Technology.
In 1976 he became a professor at the Free University of Berlin, where he continued until retirement.
His research led him to many countries, among others England, Spain, Poland, Tanzania and the Adriatic Sea coast.