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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.

Facts
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
Famous For
Mineralogy and Petrology 1
Famous For
Geochemistry and Geochronology 1
Connections

Concepts Credited

Goldschmidt Classification, Concepts
Source Goldschmidt Classification (Wikipedia)

Works In

Geochemistry, Disciplines
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Nationality

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Sources
1. Victor Goldschmidt (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: birth_date
    January 27, 1888
  • Lead sentence, birth date span
    27 January 1888
  • Infobox: death_date
    March 20, 1947
  • Lead sentence, death date span
    20 March 1947
  • Infobox, death_place
    Oslo, Norway
  • Infobox, citizenship
    Norway
  • Lead paragraph
    Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (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.
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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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