Paul A. Ramdohr (1 January 1890 in Überlingen – 8 March 1985 in Hohensachsen/Weinheim), was a German mineralogist, ore deposit-researcher and a pioneer of ore microscopy.
After attending school at the "Alten Gymnasium" of Darmstadt and studying at the University of Heidelberg, he earned his Doctorate in 1919 in Göttingen with a Dissertation on Basalts of the Blauen Kuppe near Eschwege. 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. In 1934 he moved to the Humboldt University of Berlin, and in 1951 to the University of Heidelberg. There he occupied the Professorship of Mineralogy, which he held until 1958.
Paul Ramdohr was married and had four sons and one daughter.
1926: Kristallographie, Göschen-Band together with Willy Bruhns1931–1934: Lehrbuch der Erzmikroskopie Vols. 1 und 2, with Hans Schneiderhöhn1936: Lehrbuch der Mineralogie together with Friedrich Klockmann1924: Beobachtungen an opaken Erzen1928: Über den Mineralbestand und die Strukturen der Erze des Rammelbergs1948: Lehrbuch der Mineralogie 13. Edition, with Klockmann1950: Die Erzmineralien und ihre Verwachsungen1954: Lehrbuch der Mineralogie 14. Edition, with Klockmann1955: Petrografie Göschen-Band 4. Edition1955: The ore minerals and their intergrowth edited by ILMEN, 20141965: Kristallographie Göschen-Band1973: The opaque minerals in stony meteorites1975: Die Erzmineralien und ihre Verwachsungen 4. Auflage1978: Lehrbuch der Mineralogie 16. Auflage together with Klockmann and Karl Hugo Strunz1980: The ore minerals and their intergrowth 2nd Edition1955: Dr.-Ing. E.h. (TU Berlin)1960: Dr. rer. Nat. h.c. (RWTH Aachen)1968: Ph. D. Es. Sci. (Universität Nancy)1969: Dr. rer. Nat. h.c. (TU Clausthal)1973: Dr.-Ing. de Minas, h.c. (Madrid)Prizes and Honors
1937: Membership in the Prussian Academy of Science1936–1947: President of the German Mineralogical Society1951: Membership in the Heidelberg Academy of Science1962: Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America1965–1985: Honorary President of the SGA1970: Georg-Agricola-Medal1978: Penrose Gold Medal1979: Leonard Medal
