Loewe, Fritz

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Name
Loewe, Fritz Gender: M
Fritz Philipp Loewe
born on 11 March 1895 at 12:00 (= 12:00 noon )
Place Berlin, Germany, 52n29, 13e21
Timezone MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_piscol.18.svg 20°38' s_mo.18.svg s_vircol.18.svg 24°55 Asc.s_cancol.18.svg 17°55'



Fritz Loewe (on German expedition, overwintering in Greenland, circa 1930-1931)

Biography

German meteorologist, glaciologist and polar explorer who founded the first meteorological institute in Australia at the University of Melbourne after emigrating from Germany in 1939. On 27 March 1974 on the way home from the Institute Fritz Loewe suffered a heart attack and died a little later in hospital.

Link to Wikipedia biography (German)

Relationships

  • associate relationship with Sorge, Ernst (born 25 February 1899)

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Berlin city Archives: "mittags um zwölf Uhr" (at twelve o'clock midday).

Categories

  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
  • Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
  • Vocation : Science : Geology (Meteorologist, glaciologist)
  • Vocation : Travel : Explorer (Polar)