Felix Makhachki

Karl Ludwig Felix Machatschki (born September 22, 1895 in Arnfels , Styria , † February 17, 1970 in Vienna ) was an Austrian mineralogist . His wife was Bertha Josepha Laurich (1896–1984), a botanist. His only son, Kurt Machatschki (1923–?), Was also a mineralogist.

Machatschki was appointed professor at the University of Tübingen in 1930. In 1941 he moved first to the University of Munich and finally in 1944 to the University of Vienna . In his scientific work he created the essential foundations of general mineralogy and crystal chemistry .

Makhachki was made an honorary citizen in his home town of Arnfels . The Austrian Mineralogical Society , founded in 1901, awards the Felix Machatschki Prize in recognition of scientific publications from the entire field of mineralogy in international journals . Since 1944 he was a corresponding and since 1953 a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1959 Machatschki became a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1964 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Awards (excerpt)

1958: Erwin Schrödinger Prize
1959: Roebling Medal
1961: Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art
1965: Friedrich Becke Medal

literature

Josef Zemann : Machatschki, Felix. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 610 f. ( Digitized version ).
J. Zemann (1970): Felix Karl Ludwig Machatschki †. Ann. Natural history. Mus. Vienna 74, 673-674. PDF
J. Zemann: Felix Karl Ludwig Machatschki . In: Journal Mineralogy and Petrology . 15, No. 1, 1971, pp. 1-13. doi : 10.1007 / BF01087491 .

Individual evidence

^ Felix Machatschki obituary by Heinz Jagodzinski at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (PDF file).
↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 158.

personal data
SURNAME	Makhachki, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Machatschki, Karl Ludwig Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arnfels , Styria
DATE OF DEATH	17th February 1970
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Felix Machatschki obituary by Heinz Jagodzinski at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (PDF file).

[2] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 158.