Waldemar Lindgren

Waldemar Lindgren ( born February 14, 1860 in Kalmar, Sweden, † November 3, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was a Swedish- American geologist. He attended the Mining Academy Freiberg 1878-1882, where he made his degree in mining engineer. In 1884, he began its 31 -year career with the United States Geological Survey (USGS ). There he worked in the exploration of mineral deposits in the Rocky Mountains. In 1905 he co-founded the Journal of the Society of Economic Geologists. In 1912 he was appointed head of the Geology Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Works

Lindgren has published nearly 200 works, without counting its discussion papers, reviews and more than 1,000 abstracts. Most of his publications deal with large ore deposits. Here is a selection of his most famous and most cited works:

In addition, Lindgren considered as first described for the following minerals:

Honors

According to Lindgren, the mineral Lindgrenit is named.