Ferdinand Zirkel
Ferdinand Zirkel | |
|---|---|
University of Leipzig | |
| Signature | |
 |
Prof Ferdinand Zirkel
FRSE (20 May 1838 – 11 June 1912) was a German geologist and petrographer
.
Biography
Zirkel was born in
PhD from the University of Bonn in 1861.[1] His training and initial interest was in mining. In 1860 he traveled to Iceland with William Thierry Preyer
, and in 1862 they published Reise nach Island im Sommer 1860.
After graduation, Zirkel was engaged in teaching
Faeroe Islands, Scotland and England, and a meeting with Henry Clifton Sorby, led him from mining to the study of microscopical petrography, then a comparatively new science.[2]
He became professor of geology in 1863 in the
Ceylon and India
.
He retired in 1909. He was an honorary
Oxford University, and also a foreign member of the Royal Society and an honorary member of the Mineralogical Society.[2]
Publications
His numerous papers and essays include Geologische Skizze van der Westküste Schottlands (1871); Die Struktur der Variolite (1875); Microscopical Petrography (in Report of U.S. Geol. Exploration of 40th Par., vol. vi., 1876); Limurit aus der Vallée de Lesponne (1879); Über den Zirkon (1880). His separate works include Lehrbuch der Petrographie (1866; 2nd ed. 1893, 1894); Die mikroskopische Beschaffenheit der Mineralien und Gesteine (1873);[1] and Über Urausscheidungen rheinischer Basalte (1893).
Recognition
- Mount Zirkel in the Park Range of Colorado, USA, is named after him.[3]
- The mineral zirkelite is named after him.
- Dorsum Zirkel on the Moon is named after him.
Notes
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Zirkel, Ferdinand". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 991.
- ^ a b
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Zirkel, Ferdinand". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company.
- ISBN 978-0-89997-713-3.
References
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Reise nach Island im Sommer 1860, mit wissenschaftlichen Anhängen, F. A. Brockhaus, 1862 at Google Books.
- Ferdinand Zirkel at Find a Grave
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| People | |
| Other | |
