Franz Kossmat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Kossmat

German geologist

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1871

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1938

Profession: geologist, university teacher, mineralogist, malacologist

Nationality: Austria, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Franz Kossmat ( 22 August 1871 in Vienna – 1 December 1938 in Leipzig) was an Austrian-German geologist, for twenty years the director of the Geological Survey of Saxony under both the kingdom and the subsequent German Republic. Kossmat was professor of Mineralogy and Geology at the Graz University of Technology.
From 1913 to 1934 Kossmat was the director of the Geological Survey of Saxony and director of the Geological-Paleontological Institute of the University of Leipzig.
In 1920 he presented the first gravity measures for middle Europe.
It was published in 1921.
In his life he published over twenty books himself, and collaborated on numerous others.
He is most known for his work on isostasy and his opposition to Wegener's theories of continental drift.