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Hermann von Abich
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German-Russian mineralogist and geologist (1806-1886)
Key facts
- Born
- 11 December 1806 ( 1806-12-11 ) , Berlin
- Died
- 1 July 1886 (1886-07-01) (aged 79), Vienna
- Alma mater
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Fields
- Mineralogy , geology
- Institutions
- Imperial University of Dorpat
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hermann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- mineralogist
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Imperial University of Dorpat
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Field of work
- geology
- Image
- Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (Alter Fritz).jpg
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- Commons category
- Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich
- date of birth
- 1806-12-11
- date of death
- 1886-07-02
- member of
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich
- P8168
- mammatus cloud
- place of burial
- Koblenz
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Encyclopedic overview
Otto Wilhelm Hermann Abich (11 December 1806 – 1 July 1886) was a German mineralogist and geologist who was among the first to conduct scientific studies in the Caucasus region and has been called the Father of Caucasian Geology. He worked briefly at the Imperial University of Dorpat and then travelled as part of the Corps of Mining Engineers of the Russian Empire. He collected minerals and fossils across the regions in which he travelled including Armenia, Persia, Italy and Daghestan.
Biography
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