Will Kleber (1906‐1970) ‐ forerunner of modern crystallography at Humboldt University of Berlin

Abstract

The 100 th anniversary of the birthday of Will Kleber (1906Kleber ( -1970) is reason to recall his role for establishing modern crystallography at the Humboldt University of Berlin. As professor for mineralogy between 1953 and his death he reorganized research and education emphasizing the interdisciplinary character of crystallography. This is outlined in the light of the international situation of crystallography at that time. In W. Kleber´s program for the academic education of crystallographers methodical knowledge and skills played an important role. This was closely connected with his extensive scientific work, in particular in the fields of crystal growth, epitaxy and topotaxy, and the real structure of crystals. An overview of the numerous diploma, doctoral and postdoctoral theses supervised by him is given. Often their subjects were agreed on together with industrial companies.

Fifty years of Crystal Research and Technology (1966 – 2016)

“…The historical developments from the first issue of “ Kristall und Technik ”, through its transformation into “ Crystal Research and Technology ” in 1981, until today, where the journal is part of Wiley‐VCH , were described in detail in previous editorials . The life and scientific work of the founding editors were also celebrated in several editorials as well as in specific papers over the years.…”