Special Edition in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Geology Department at the University of Pretoria

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Research Article| September 01, 2008 Special Edition in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Geology Department at the University of Pretoria Adam Bumby; Adam Bumby Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa., e-mail: adam.bumby@up.ac.za Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hassina Mouri; Hassina Mouri Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa, (University of Pretoria until July 2008), e-mail: hmouri@uj.ac.za Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Wlady Altermann Wlady Altermann Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria, and Professor of Geology at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich., Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 Munich, Germany, e-mail: uk10117@mail.lrz-muenchen.de Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Adam Bumby Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa., e-mail: adam.bumby@up.ac.za Hassina Mouri Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa, (University of Pretoria until July 2008), e-mail: hmouri@uj.ac.za Wlady Altermann Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria, and Professor of Geology at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich., Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 Munich, Germany, e-mail: uk10117@mail.lrz-muenchen.de Publisher: Geological Society of South Africa First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1996-8590 Print ISSN: 1012-0750 © 2007 Geological Society of South Africa South African Journal of Geology (2008) 111 (2-3): 141–142. https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.111.2-3.141 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Adam Bumby, Hassina Mouri, Wlady Altermann; Special Edition in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Geology Department at the University of Pretoria. South African Journal of Geology 2008;; 111 (2-3): 141–142. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.111.2-3.141 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySouth African Journal of Geology Search Advanced Search In 1908 the University of Pretoria was formed from a part of the Transvaal University College, and geology was amongst the few subjects taught in those early years. By this time (thirteen years after the foundation of the Geological Society of South Africa in 1895) geology was already a well established and an economically important profession in South Africa. Widespread mapping activities had been in progress since about the 1860s and important mineral deposits, including gold, were already reported from various localities in South Africa. The need for locally-educated geologists was pressing and the newly established University of Pretoria aimed... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.