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Victor Moritz Goldschmidt

Also Known As V. M. Goldschmidt · Goldschmidt Victor Moritz · Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Geochemist

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt was a Norwegian mineralogist considered to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, and the developer of the Goldschmidt classification of elements.

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Birth Date
1888-01-27 1
Birth Year
1888 1
Death Date
1947-03-20 1
Death Year
1947 1
Birthplace
Zurich 2
Death Place
Oslo, Norway 1
Nationality
Norwegian 1
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
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1. Victor Goldschmidt (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1888-01-27
  • Lead sentence, birth date span
    27 January 1888
  • Infobox, death_date
    1947-03-20
  • Lead sentence, death date span
    20 March 1947
  • Infobox, death_place
    Oslo, Norway
  • Infobox, citizenship
    Norway
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2. Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (Wikidata)
  • P19 (place of birth)
    born in Zurich
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
    also known as V. M. Goldschmidt
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
    also known as Goldschmidt Victor Moritz
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [3]
    also known as Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of Norway
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Wikidata: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Wikidata Q213668, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Goldschmidt Classification (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationConcepts Credited: Goldschmidt Classification, Lead paragraph, first sentence naming Victor Goldschmidt as developer
Quote, Concepts Credited: Goldschmidt Classification, Lead paragraph, first sentence naming Victor Goldschmidt as developer
The Goldschmidt classification, developed by Victor Goldschmidt (1888-1947), is a geochemical classification which groups the chemical elements within the Earth according to their preferred host phases
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