Alfred Schoep
Alfred Ferdinandus Maria Ghislenus Schoep (born June 6, 1881 in Ghent , Belgium, † June 1, 1966 ) was a Belgian geographer and professor of mineralogy , geology and crystallography at Ghent University .
Career
Schoep studied at the University of Ghent and received his doctorate in geography in 1904 and in natural science (mineralogy, geology and crystallography) in 1906. He then received an assistant position in analytical chemistry , which he held from 1906 to 1910.
From 1910 to 1913 he participated as a mineralogist in the geological expedition to southern Katanga under the direction of Dr. Constant Guillemain. The following year he worked in Russia and explored, among other things, the area around the Donets , the Caucasus and the coast of the Caspian Sea .
In 1919 Schoep was appointed junior professor of mineralogy at the scientific faculty of Ghent University and in 1925 also for the field of mineralogy and crystallography at the polytechnic faculty (former mining school) in Mons (Hainaut province).
In 1929 he was appointed full professor of mineralogy, crystallography and applied mineralogy (ore deposits) at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Ghent University and in 1932 became director of the School of Technology.
In 1951 Schoep retired as Professor Emeritus .
Private
Alfred Schoep was the son of Euphras Charles Schoep and L. Uytterhaegen and married to Angele Pauline Van Heesvelde. There were no children from the marriage.
Minerals described by him
- 1921 Curit and Kasolit
- 1922 Becquerelite , Soddyite and Dewindtite
- 1924 Sklodovskite
- 1926 Ianthinite
- 1928 Julienit
- 1932 Vandenbrandeit
- 1947 together with Sadi Stradiot Paraschoepit and the epiianthinit later identified as Schoepit
Honors
The mineral Schoepit described by Thomas Leonard Walker (1867-1942) in 1923 was named after him. In 1927 he became a member of the "Mineralogical Society of America" and in 1951 a member of the "American Association for the Advancement of Science" (AAAS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfred Schoep, Sadi Stradiot: Paraschoepite and Epiianthinite, two new Uranium minerals from Shinkolobwe (Belgian Congo) (PDF; 420 kB)
- ↑ Memorial of Thomas Leonard Walker (English, PDF 472.4 kB; p. 3)
- ↑ Handbook of Mineralogy - Schoepite (English, PDF 71.8 kB)
Web links
- Memorial of Prof. Alfred Schoep . In: The American Mineralogist. Volume 55, March-April, 1970 (English, PDF 431 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoep, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schoep, Alfred Ferdinandus Maria Ghislenus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian geographer, mineralogist, geologist and crystallographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1966 |