Wilhelm Josef Grailich

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Wilhelm Josef Grailich

Wilhelm Josef Grailich (born February 16, 1829 in Pressburg , † September 13, 1859 in Vienna ) was an Austrian mineralogist .

From 1847 he studied at the Polytechnic Institute and at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1854. phil. received his doctorate . Then he was an apprentice and assistant at the university's physical institute. In March 1855 he qualified as a professor for crystallography, crystal physics, general physics and higher mathematics.

In 1856 he became assistant and, as the successor to Gustav Adolf Kenngott, curator-adjunct at the Kk Hof-Naturalienkabinette in Vienna. In 1857 he became an associate professor for higher physics. In 1858 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . From 1859 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna .

He translated William Hallowes Miller's textbook on crystallography . He provided a scientific explanation for fluorescence phenomena in crystals. He improved the Wheatstone oscillation apparatus.

In 1910, Grailichgasse in Vienna- Landstrasse (3rd district) was named after him.

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SURNAME Grailich, Wilhelm Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Pressburg
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1859
Place of death Vienna