Carlo Maria Viola
Carlo Maria Viola (born November 2, 1855 in Zara , Dalmatia , † August 4, 1925 in Bologna ) was an Italian geologist, mining engineer and mineralogist.
Life
Viola was the son of a captain and went to school in Dalmatia, Istria, Graz and Vienna. He studied first in Vienna and at the Mining Academy in Berlin (with an Italian scholarship) and then engineering in Rome. He then went to the Mining Engineers Corps (Corpo reale delle minere) and as a geologist in the civil service. In 1900 he became chief engineer of the mining district of Iglesias and director of the local mining school. In 1905 he became professor of mineralogy at the University of Parma . For many years he went to Germany in the summer months to Paul von Groth in Munich and Viktor Moritz Goldschmidt in Heidelberg.
Viola contributed to the geological map of Italy, but mainly dealt with mathematical crystallography and crystal physics, about which he wrote a textbook. He was an honorary member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1912). He was married to Clara Schneider (1866–1931) from Zurich . He is buried by her side to this day in the Protestant cemetery of the Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Bologna .
Fonts
- Trattato di cristallografia, Hoepli , Milan 1920
- German edition: Basic features of crystallography, W. Engelmann, Leipzig 1904
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Renato Zoppelli: Dr Carlo Maria Viola. In: Find a Grave . December 21, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viola, Carlo Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zara , Dalmatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1925 |
| Place of death | Bologna |