Gottlob Linck

Gottlob Eduard Linck (20 February 1858,

From 1879, he studied at the polytechnic college in Stuttgart, followed by classes at the Universities of Strasbourg and Tübingen. In 1888 he was habilitated for mineralogy and petrography at Strasbourg, where in 1894, he became an associate professor. Later the same year, he was named professor of mineralogy and geology at the University of Jena, a position he maintained until his retirement in 1930. On five occasions, he served as university rector at Jena.^[1][2]

His wide-ranging research covered many facets of geology and mineralogy. He examined the various properties of

Linck was a founding member of the German Mineralogical Society and served as editor of its journal Fortschritte der Mineralogie, Kristallographie und Petrographie (since 1911).[1]

Selected works

• Grundriss der kristallographie für studierende und zum selbstunterricht, 1908 - Outline of crystallography for students and self-study.
• Die Bildung der Kalksteine und Dolmite, 1922 - On limestone and dolomite.
• Grundriss der Mineralogie und Petrographie; eine Einführung für Studierende und zum Selbstunterricht, (with Hermann Jung), 1935 - Outline of mineralogy and petrography, an introduction for students and self-study.^[3]

With Eugen Korschelt, Max Verworn, Friedrich Oltmanns, Karl Schaum, Hermann Theodor Simon and Ernst Teichmann, he was co-author of the Handwörterbuch der naturwissenschaften.^[4]

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