Friedrich August Finger was born on 29 April 1885 in Frankfurt/Main. He was one of the greatest personalities who established building materials science as a science and as a required course of study. Through his work at that time, F. A. Finger made it possible that Weimar is still known worldwide as a location for successful building materials research and education.
He is the name giver of the Institute for Building Materials Science, founded in 1995 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jochen Stark at the Bauhaus University Weimar.
Curriculum vitae
| 1885/04/29 | born in Frankfurt/Main |
| 1904-1912 | Studies in civil engineering at the Technical Universities in Darmstadt and Munich |
| 1912 | Diploma in Darmstadt |
| 1912-1925 | Predominantly site manager during the construction of the Baghdad Railway |
| 1929-1940 | Technical journal and training manager at Deutscher Zementbau in Berlin |
| 1940 | Lecturer for structural analysis and engineering at the University of Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar |
| 1944 | Appointment as professor for building materials science, civil engineering and statics in Weimar |
| End of 1945 | Foundation and management of an institute for building materials development in Weimar with special promotion of clay and anhydrite construction methods |
| 1946 | Establishment and management of a testing centre for building materials in Weimar |
| 1946 | Appointment as Professor for Building Materials and Special Areas of Civil Engineering |
| 1950-1951 | Acting Director of the Weimar School of Architecture and Civil Engineering (HAB) |
| 1953/08/06 | Foundation of the Faculty of Building Materials Science and Technology |
| 1953-1958 | First dean of this faculty |
| 1958 | Honorary senator of the HAB Weimar and honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the Faculty of Architecture |
| 1961/07/06 | Friedrich August Finger deceased in Weimar |