Cornelio August Doelter

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Cornelio August Doelter , also Doelter y Cisterich, (born September 16, 1850 in Arroyo (Puerto Rico) , † August 8, 1930 in Vienna ) was a mineralogist, petrograph, volcanologist and chemist.

Life

His father, of German descent, married into a family of rich plantation owners in Puerto Rico. Doelter came with his mother to educate himself first in Paris and in 1855 in Karlsruhe and in 1867 began his studies of natural sciences (especially geology, mineralogy and chemistry) in Freiburg im Breisgau and Heidelberg , where he became a student of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen . In 1872 he received his doctorate, went to Vienna to the Geologische Reichsanstalt, completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna (On the Volcanoes of the Pontine Islands) and in 1876 became associate professor and in 1883 full professor for mineralogy and petrography at the University of Graz . In 1906/07 he was rector of the University of Graz . From 1907 until his retirement in 1921 he was a professor at the University of Vienna as the successor to Gustav Tschermak . He was also a councilor. In 1899 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

He dealt with the petrography of igneous rocks and volcanology, first on the Pontine Islands , then Cape Verde . Finally he examined old igneous rocks in the area of Predazzo in South Tyrol .

He is known as the founder of experimental silica chemistry and chemical mineralogy. He also studied the formation of the colors of minerals and was involved in the exploration of ore deposits in the Balkans during World War I.

The grave of the Doelter family is in the St. Leonhard cemetery in Graz.

Honors

In 1953, Doeltergasse was named after Cornelio August Doelter in the Vienna district of Donaustadt .

Fonts

  • General chemical mineralogy, Leipzig: Engelmann 1890 Archive.org
  • Gem lore. Determination and differentiation of gemstones and gemstones. The artificial representation of gemstones, Leipzig: Veit 1893
  • Physico-chemical mineralogy, Leipzig: Barth 1905
  • Petrogenesis, Braunschweig: Vieweg 1906, Archives
  • The radium and the colors, Dresden 1910
  • The colors of the minerals in particular of the precious stones, Braunschweig: Vieweg 1915
  • Editor and co-author: Handbuch der Mineralchemie, 4 volumes, Dresden and Leipzig: Steinkopff 1912 to 1931
  • The mineral treasures of the Balkan countries and Asia Minor, Stuttgart: Enke 1916

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joanneum, Mineralogical Bulletin 1/2 1971 - Cornelio Doelter . Retrieved May 4, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Doelter, Cornelio August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doelter y Cisterich, Cornelio August Severus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mineralogist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Arroyo (Puerto Rico)
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1930
Place of death Vienna