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Viktor Goldschmidt

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Also known as V. M. Goldschmidt, Goldschmidt Victor Moritz, Victor Moritz Goldschmidt

Norwegian mineralogist (1888-1947)

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Born
1900
Works
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Type
Person
Country
DE
Active from
1903-01-18
Active to
1996-10-17

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Key facts

Born
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt , ( 1888-01-27 ) 27 January 1888, Zürich , Switzerland
Died
20 March 1947 (1947-03-20) (aged 59), Oslo , Norway
Citizenship
Norway
Alma mater
University of Oslo
Known for
Geochemistry, Goldschmidt tolerance factor , Lanthanide contraction
Father
Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt
Awards
Elliott Cresson Medal (1903) Wollaston Medal (1944)
Fields
Geochemistry
Institutions
University of Oslo University of Göttingen Macaulay Institute for Soil Research Rothamsted Research
Thesis
Die Kontaktmetamorphose im Kristianiagebiet and Geologisch-petrographische Studien im Hochgebirge des südlichen Norwegens (1911)
Doctoral advisor
Waldemar C. Brøgger
Doctoral students
Brian Harold Mason Katharina Boll-Dornberger William Houlder Zachariasen

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Encyclopedic overview

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt ForMemRS (27 January 1888 – 20 March 1947) was a Norwegian-Jewish mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classification of elements.

Early life and education

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