Paul Ramdohr

After attending school at the "Alten Gymnasium" of Darmstadt and studying at the University of Heidelberg, he earned his Doctorate in 1919 under the direction of Otto Mügge in Göttingen with a Dissertation on Basalts of the Blauen Kuppe near Eschwege.

As a student in Heidelberg, Ramdohr joined the fraternity Leonensia.

His Habilitation was completed soon thereafter under the direction of W. Bruhns on the topic of the Gabbros in the area of Böllstein/Brombachtal.

In 1926, he took a position at the University of Aachen as Professor of Mineralogy, Petrography and Ore Geology.

Paul Ramdohr was married and had four sons and one daughter.