Carlos Alberto Joaquin Plagemann
Carlos Alberto Joaquin Plagemann (born October 18, 1858 in Valparaíso , † 1908 in Hamburg ) was a German-Chilean mineralogist .
Plagemann's father was the founder and owner of the first Chilean beer brewery in Valparaíso . In 1868 he came to Hamburg, where he attended the Johanneum . He then studied mineralogy and mining at the Philipps University in Marburg and at the Bergakademie Freiberg and completed his studies with a doctorate. Then he returned to Chile. Between 1886 and 1888 he undertook several geoscientific expeditions to the Atacama Desert and moved to Hamburg in 1889.
Plagemann mainly dealt with the saltpeter deposits in Chile.
His collection of mainly Chilean minerals came to the Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg in 1911 through his sister .
On June 12, 1883 he became a member of the Leopoldina in the Section for Mineralogy and Geology.
Fonts
- Compilation of the most common synonymous mining terms in German and Chilean mining , Valdivia 1887
- Geological information on saltpetre formation from the point of view of fermentation chemistry. Commissioned by Gustav W. Seitz Nachf. Besthorn Gebr., Hamburg 1896 Digitized
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gold of the special form , Treasure of the Month, February 2007, University of Hamburg
- ^ A. Brandt et al., Natural Science Museums and Collections Hamburg, University of Hamburg, VNSH, 2010, p. 43 (pdf)
- ↑ Member entry of Carlos Alberto Joaquin Plagemann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 16, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Plagemann, Carlos Alberto Joaquin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Chilean mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valparaíso |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1908 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |