Hermann von Abich
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Person
- Born
- 1806-12-11
- Died
- 1886-07-02
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- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
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- STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 11 December 1806
- Died
- 2 July 1886
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- 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
Article
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.
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1806 births1886 deaths19th-century German geologistsAcademic staff of the University of TartuExplorers of the CaucasusFull members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesGeologists from the Kingdom of PrussiaGerman mineralogistsHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesHumboldt University of Berlin alumniMembers of the Prussian Academy of Sciences