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Abraham Gottlob Werner
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German geologist (1749-1817)
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Abraham Gottlob Werner was a German male author who lived from 1749 to 1817. He is the author of thirteen works, including *Orkytognosie*, *Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien*, and *Nouvelle théorie de la formation des filons*. Other titles include *Elementos de Orictognósia: Ó del conocimiento de los fósiles, según el ...* and *A Treatise on the External Characters of Minerals*.
Werner’s writings have been referenced by 138 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1749-09-25
- Died
- 1817-06-30
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Orkytognosie
- Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien
- Nouvelle théorie de la formation des filons
- Elementos de Orictognósia: Ó del conocimiento de los fósiles, según el ...
- A Treatise on the External Characters of Minerals
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1777-10-04
- Active to
- 1822-07-19
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- GROMACS: High performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputers
· 2015 · cited 25,349x
- Smoothing and Differentiation of Data by Simplified Least Squares Procedures.
· 1964 · cited 18,682x
- Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range
· 1968 · cited 13,427x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,136x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
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Key facts
- Born
- 25 September 1749, Wehrau, Prussian Silesia , (now Osiecznica , Poland)
- Died
- 30 June 1817 (1817-06-30) (aged 67), Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony
- Alma mater
- Freiberg Academy of Mining University of Leipzig
- Known for
- Stratification Neptunism Succession
- Fields
- Geology
- Institutions
- Freiberg Academy of Mining
- Doctoral advisor
- Johann Carl Gehler
- Notable students
- Christian Samuel Weiss , Christian Leopold von Buch , Friedrich Mohs , Henrik Steffens , Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert , Franz von Baader , Alexander von Humboldt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Place of birth
- Osiecznica
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Occupation
- mineralogist
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Johann Carl Gehler
- Doctoral student
- Christian Samuel Weiss
- Field of work
- mineralogy
- Image
- Abraham Gottlob Werner.jpg
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- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- student
- Friedrich Mohs
- Commons category
- Abraham Gottlob Werner
- date of birth
- 1749-09-25
- date of death
- 1817-06-30
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Abraham Gottlob Werner
- writing language
- German
- P8168
- Q703051
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Encyclopedic overview
Abraham Gottlob Werner ( German: [ˈaːbʁaham ˈɡɔtloːp ˈvɛʁnɐ]; 25 September 1749 – 30 June 1817) was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism. While most tenets of Neptunism were eventually set aside, Werner is remembered for his demonstration of chronological succession in rocks; for the zeal with which he infused his pupils; and for the impulse he thereby gave to the study of geology. He has been called the "father of German geology".
Life
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