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Viktor Goldschmidt
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Norwegian mineralogist (1888-1947)
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Viktor Goldschmidt was a male chemist, professor, mineralogist, and geologist born in Zurich in 1888. He worked at the University of Göttingen and the University of Oslo. His professional fields included geochemistry, geology, mineralogy, and petrology. He held citizenship in Norway and spoke Swedish, English, and German.
Goldschmidt received the Wollaston Medal and the Elliott Cresson Medal. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. His doctoral advisor was Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, and he supervised student Thomas F. W. Barth.
He died in Oslo in 1947. During his life, he was detained at the Berg concentration camp. He is described in the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia. His work is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Moritz
- Family name
- Goldschmidt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Occupation
- geologist
- Educated at
- University of Oslo
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
- Field of work
- petrology
- Image
- Victor Goldschmidt OB.F05887a.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1888-01-27
- date of death
- 1947-03-30
- Commons category
- Victor Goldschmidt
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
- student
- Thomas F. W. Barth
- place of detention
- Berg concentration camp
- subject has role
- refugee
- P6944
- Viktor Goldschmidt
- P8168
- Darasuram
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
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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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