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Abraham Gottlob Werner
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German geologist (1749-1817)
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
- Arroyo Blanco
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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".
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