Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt
Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt ( born February 10, 1853 in Mainz, † 8 May 1933 in Salzburg ) was a German mineralogist, crystallographer, natural philosopher, mineral collector and patron.
Life
Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt studied at the Mining Academy Freiberg in Saxony and was there in 1874 his state examination in Engineering Metallurgy.
In 1880 he was in Heidelberg rer with his work on rock mechanical analysis to Dr.. nat. doctorate, then he continued his studies from 1882 to 1887 continued in Vienna. In 1888 he qualified as a professor at his supervisor about " projection and graphical Krystallberechnung ".
Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt founded in Heidelberg, the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography. In 1893 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Heidelberg and in 1913 he was elected a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.
His work in the "Atlas of the crystalline forms " was created in between 1913 and 1923. During this time he was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1917 falls. In 1923, Goldschmidt was an honorary member of the " Natural Historical- Medical Association Heidelberg".
1910 handed Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt the Free State of Baden donated his extensive collection of natural history objects and specimens, together with substantial funds, which he called " the " " Josephine and Edward of Portheim Foundation for Science and Art " for his ancestors. 1933 gave the Board of Trustees of the Port Heimstiftung his Mineralogical Institute Crystallographic the name Victor Goldschmidt Institute for Crystal Research.
Although he was a baptized Jew, Goldschmidt was forced to emigrate to the handover of power to the Nazis in 1933 to Austria.
Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt was a Freemason and a member of the Masonic Lodge Heidelberg Ruprecht of the five roses. He was laid to rest in Heidelberg, the place of his scientific activity and the whereabouts of his life's work. His grave complex is located on Mount Cemetery in Heidelberg.
Works
- Index of the crystal forms, catalog known crystal forms of all minerals, 3 volumes, 1886-1891.
- Atlas of crystalline forms, 9 volumes of plates, each with a volume of texts, publishing Winters, Heidelberg 1913-1923.
- Our alphabet, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1932