Albrecht Schrauf
Albrecht Schrauf (born December 14, 1837 in Wieden , today part of Vienna, † November 29, 1897 in Vienna ) was an Austrian mineralogist .
Life
Albrecht Schrauf attended high school in Wiener Neustadt and Krems an der Donau . In 1853 he entered the Piarist Order , but left it again after graduating from high school . From 1852 to 1856 he studied physics, mathematics, mineralogy and botany at the University of Vienna , among others with Wilhelm Josef Grailich .
In 1862 he received his Mag. Artium liberalium from the University of Tübingen and obtained his doctorate . phil. He became custodian at the kk Hofmineralienkabinett. In 1863 he completed his habilitation for physical mineralogy at the University of Vienna. In 1867 he became second and the following year first curator at the Mineralienkabinett. In 1862 and 1869 he received offers at the University of Lemberg , which he refused. In 1874 he became both a full university professor and head of the Mineralogical Museum at the University of Vienna. In 1887/1888 he was also dean of the faculty.
In the years 1863/1864 he began cataloging Archduke Stephen's mineral and crystal collection in the Schaumburg Palace in Hesse as part of study trips . After the Archduke died in 1867, however, he was unable to complete this assignment. He was also unable to complete his atlas, for which he created all the crystal images from scratch, for financial reasons.
As a result he mainly dealt with the chemical structure of minerals. He also expanded the institute, primarily with new teaching aids.
In 1896 he became blind in one eye in an accident. In the following year, Schrauf also quickly lost sight of the second eye. As a result, he was very shy of contact and lonely.
Schrauf died on November 29, 1897 in Vienna and rests in a grave of honor at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 72 D).
Awards
- 1867: Gold medal pro litteris et artibus
- 1884: corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna
- 1888: Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle
- 1890: Honorary member of the Russian Mineralogical Society
- 1894: full member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna
- 1894: Honorary member of the French Mineralogical Society
- 1895: Corresponding member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin
- 1897: Member of the Turin Academy of Sciences
Others
As early as 1875, an amber variety from Romania was named after him by Julius Freiherr von Schröckinger as schraufite , as well as another mineral as Albrechtschraufite .
Schraufgasse was named after him in Vienna's 15th district in 1912 .
literature
- Haymo Heritsch: Schrauf Albrecht, mineralogist. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 181 f. (Direct links on p. 181 , p. 182 ).
- Barbara Sperling: Schrauf, Albrecht. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 523 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schrauf, Albrecht . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 31st part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1876, p. 275 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albrechtschraufit on: Mineralienatlas Lexikon accessed on January 22, 2012
Web links
- Entry on Albrecht Schrauf in the Austria Forum (biography)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schrauf, Albrecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wieden (district of Vienna) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1897 |
| Place of death | Vienna |