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See also: born at Zurich on the 12th of See also: April 1849
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He was educated at Zurich and Berlin See also: universities
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Very early in See also: life he became interested in the See also: physical features of the See also: Alps, and at the age of sixteen he made a See also: model of the See also: Todi See also: group
.
This came under the See also: notice of See also: Arnold Escher von der See also: Linth, to whom Heim was indebted for much encouragement and See also: geological instruction in the See also: field
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In 1873 he became professor of geology in the polytechnic school at Zurich, and in 1875 professor of geology in the university
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In 1882 he was appointed director of the Geological Survey of
See also: Switzerland, and in 1884 the hon. degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him at Berne
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He is especially distinguished for his researches on the structure of the Alps and for the See also: light thereby thrown on the structure of See also: mountain masses in general
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He traced the plications from minor to major stages, and illustrated the remarkable foldings and overthrust faultings in numerous sections and with the aid of pictorial drawings
.
His magnificent See also: work, Mechanismus der Gebirgsbiidung (1878), is now regarded as a classic, and it served to inspire Professor C
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See also: Lapworth in his brilliant researches on the Scottish See also: Highlands (see Geol
.
Meg
.
1883)
.
Heim also devoted consider-able See also: attention to the glacial phenomena of the Alpine regions
.
The Wollaston medal was awarded to him in 1904 by the Geological Society of See also: London
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