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Hermann Traube

German mineralogist (1860–1913) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hermann Traube
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Hermann Traube (September 24, 1860 – January 29, 1913) was a German mineralogist.

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Biography

Born on September 23, 1860, in Ratibor, Silesia, to chemist Moritz Traube.[citation needed]

He studied at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg, Breslau and Greifswald, earning his doctorate in 1884. At Breslau his instructors were Ferdinand Cohn and Theodor Poleck.[citation needed]

In 1905, he became an associate professor at the University of Berlin, and later a professor in Greifswald. He was the author of a book on Silesian minerals called Die Minerale Schlesiens (1888).[1] Other noted works by Traube include:

  • Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Gabbros, Amphibolite und Serpentine des niederschlesischen Gebirges, 1884 To the knowledge of gabbros, amphibolites and serpentines of the Lower Silesian mountains.
  • Über den Ursprung des Materials der in Europa vorkommenden verarbeiteten Nephritobjecte, 1884.
  • Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Nephelins und des Davyns, 1894 Contributions to the knowledge of nephelines and davynes.
  • Über das optische Drehungsvermögen von Körpern im krystallisirten und im flüssigen Zustande, 1895 On the optical angle of rotation of bodies in crystallized and molten states.[2]
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