Ben-Tor joined the Geology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and continued on to doctoral studies in Switzerland, where he was erroneously arrested at the outbreak of the Second World War on suspicion of being a German spy, but he managed to flee home to Mandate Palestine. Not long after, he completed his thesis in Geology at the Hebrew University, becoming the first person to be awarded a doctoral degree by the University.
Ben-Tor served from 1944-1948 in the state-to-be's Provisional Council, as a member of the Aliyah Hadashah Party, comprising immigrants from Germany. He was also active in the Haganah (the underground Jewish defence force) and was asked to serve in Hemed, its Scientific Division, by Professor Yisrael Dostrovski. At the height of the 1947–1949 Palestine war, together with Leo Picard and Akiva Vroman, he conducted geological mapping surveys of the Negev, for the purpose of locating potential deposits of oil and uranium: however, they found only phosphate deposits Oron, near Dimona, and copper at Timna. For this work, he and Vroman were later awarded the Israel Prize.
During this period, Ben-Tor also completed a second doctorate with distinction, this time at the Sorbonne. In 1953, he served as the head of the Israel Geological Society and in 1954 he was appointed head of the Israel Geological Survey. He later became Head of the Geology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later was also a professor at the University of California, San Diego, in the United States of America.
^Rossignol, M. 1964. Hystrichosphères du Quaternaire en Méditerranée orientale, dans les sédiments Pléistocènes et les boues marines actuelles. Rev. micropaléontol. 7: 83–99.
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Bentorite Mineral Data
January 20, 2023
yaakov, hebrew, יעקב, בן, תור, 1910, 2002, israeli, geologist, contents, biography, awards, also, references, external, linksbiography, editben, born, kurt, winter, baltic, city, königsberg, east, prussia, germany, since, 1945, kaliningrad, russia, 1910, winte. Yaakov Ben Tor Hebrew יעקב בן תור 1910 2002 was an Israeli geologist Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditBen Tor was born as Kurt Winter in the Baltic city of Konigsberg East Prussia Germany since 1945 Kaliningrad now in Russia in 1910 Winter began studying law at the University of Konigsberg continuing in Berlin and then studied Linguistics at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris prior to leaving Europe With the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany he emigrated to the then British Mandate of Palestine now Israel in 1933 where he later hebraicized his name Ben Tor joined the Geology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and continued on to doctoral studies in Switzerland where he was erroneously arrested at the outbreak of the Second World War on suspicion of being a German spy but he managed to flee home to Mandate Palestine Not long after he completed his thesis in Geology at the Hebrew University becoming the first person to be awarded a doctoral degree by the University Ben Tor served from 1944 1948 in the state to be s Provisional Council as a member of the Aliyah Hadashah Party comprising immigrants from Germany He was also active in the Haganah the underground Jewish defence force and was asked to serve in Hemed its Scientific Division by Professor Yisrael Dostrovski At the height of the 1947 1949 Palestine war together with Leo Picard and Akiva Vroman he conducted geological mapping surveys of the Negev for the purpose of locating potential deposits of oil and uranium however they found only phosphate deposits Oron near Dimona and copper at Timna For this work he and Vroman were later awarded the Israel Prize During this period Ben Tor also completed a second doctorate with distinction this time at the Sorbonne In 1953 he served as the head of the Israel Geological Society and in 1954 he was appointed head of the Israel Geological Survey He later became Head of the Geology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later was also a professor at the University of California San Diego in the United States of America The mineral Bentorite discovered in the Hatrurim Formation of the Dead Sea in 1980 by Shulamit Gross was named in his honour The dinoflagellate cyst Spiniferites bentorii was also named in his honour 1 Awards EditIn 1955 Ben Tor was awarded the Israel Prize for his contribution to Life Sciences 2 See also EditList of Israel Prize recipients Amnon Ben TorReferences Edit Rossignol M 1964 Hystrichospheres du Quaternaire en Mediterranee orientale dans les sediments Pleistocenes et les boues marines actuelles Rev micropaleontol 7 83 99 Israel Prize recipients in 1955 in Hebrew cms education gov il Israel Prize official website Archived from the original on June 12 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link External links EditBentorite Mineral Data Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yaakov Ben Tor amp oldid 1127977722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
