Victor Goldschmidt
Norwegian mineralogist (1888–1947) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt.
For other uses, see Victor Goldschmidt (disambiguation).
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt ForMemRS (27 January 1888 – 20 March 1947) was a Norwegian mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classification of elements.
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Born | Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (1888-01-27)27 January 1888 Zürich, Switzerland |
Died | 20 March 1947(1947-03-20) (aged 59) Oslo, Norway |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Known for | Geochemistry Goldschmidt tolerance factor Lanthanide contraction |
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Fields | Geochemistry |
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Thesis | Die Kontaktmetamorphose im Kristianiagebiet and Geologisch-petrographische Studien im Hochgebirge des südlichen Norwegens (1911) |
Doctoral advisor | Waldemar C. Brøgger |
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