2 / 2021 // LEOPOLDINA / NEWS 11
Leopoldina mourns the loss of geologist Ilse Seibold
The researcher founded the Georg Uschmann Award for the History of Science together with her husband , Eugen Seibold
Ilse Seibold died on 18 March 2021 at the age of 95 . Together with her husband , the geologist founded the Georg Uschmann Award for the History of Science , which is presented by the Leopoldina .
She was born on 8 May 1925 in Wrocław / Poland and attended school in Halle ( Saale ). After studying geology in the German cities of Bonn and Tübingen , Ilse Seibold earned her doctorate for her research on microfauna and stratigraphy in the Swabian Lower Lias alpha in 1951 , working under Otto Schindewolf , himself a member of the Leopoldina since 1952 as well as a professor in Tübingen .
Ilse Seibold went on to work as a geologist for many years . In 1952 , she married the marine geologist Eugen Seibold , founding father of one of the most prestigious marine geology institutes of the late 20th century in Europe and President of the German Research Foundation . From 1988 to 2005 , Ilse Seibold headed the geology archive in Freiburg / Germany in an honorary capacity and published research on the lives and careers of eminent geologists and on the emergence of individual academic achievements . Through her work in the archive as well
Ilse ( right ) and Eugen Seibold at Kiel University ( CAU ) in 2009 .
as her publications , she was able to introduce the wider public to these life stories and materials .
She was recognised on several occasions , both for her academic achievements and for the work she undertook in an honorary capacity . In 2000 , the German Geological Society appointed Ilse Seibold as an honorary member . She received the Abraham Gottlob Werner Medal from the Geological Society in 2008 for her
Image : Heidemarie Kassens | Geomar
outstanding commitment to the history of earth sciences in Germany .
In 1997 , Ilse and Eugen Seibold founded the Georg Uschmann Award for the History of Science for the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . It is awarded every other year on the occasion of the Annual Assembly and – at the request of the founders – has been conferred solely for outstanding dissertations since 2005 .
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