Otto Wilhelm Hermann Abich
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| Born | 11 December 1806 |
| Died | 1 July 1886 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mineralogy, geology |
| Institutions | University of Tartu |
Otto Wilhelm Hermann Abich (11 December 1806 – 1 July 1886) was a German
mineralogist and geologist who was among the first to conduct scientific studies in the Caucasus region and has been called the Father of Caucasian Geology. He worked briefly at the University of Dorpat
and then travelled as part of the Corps of Mining Engineers of the Russian Empire. He collected minerals and fossils across the regions in which he travelled including Armenia, Persia, Italy and Daghestan.
Biography
Abich was the son of mining officer Heinrich Carl Wilhelm and his wife Johanna Wilhemine, daughter of the chemist
Publications
Abich published more than 190 papers. The following are some of the major writings, both book and papers in journals, of Abich:
- Vues illustratives de quelques phenomenes geologiques, prises sur le Vesuve et l'Etna, pendant les annees 1833 et 1834 (Berlin, 1836);
- Ueber die Natur und den Zusammenhang der vulcanischen Bildungen (Brunswick, 1841);
- Über die geologische Natur des armenischen Hochlandes (1843)
- Vergleichende chemische Untersuchungen der Wasser des Caspi Sees, Urmia- und Van-Sees (1859)
- Über das Steinsalz und seine geologische Stellung im russischen Armenien (1859)
- Vergleichende Geologische Grundzüge der Kaukasishen, Armenischen und Nordpersischen Gebirge-Prodromus einer Geologie der Kaukasischen Länder (1859)
- Structure et Géologie du Daghestan (1862)
- Geologische Karte Apscheron (1864)
- Geologie der Halbinseln Kertsch und Taman (1865)
- Zur Kenntnis der Thermalquellen im Kaukasus (1866)
- Zur Geologie des südöstlichen Kaukasus (1866)
- Aus Kaukasischen Ländern (1869)
- Les glaciers actuelles et anciens du Caucase (1870)
- Geologische Beobachtungen auf Reisen im Kaukasus im Jahre 1873 (part 2 - 1875)
- Productivität und Geotektonische Verhältnisse der caspischen Naphtaregion (1879)
- Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasischen Ländern (3 vols., Vienna, 1878, 1882, and 1887)
References
- ^ "Biography".
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- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 62.
- ^ Armenian identity in a changing world, Levon Abrahamian, Mazda Publishers, 2006 – p. 50
- ^ "Hermann Abich (1806–1886): 'the Father of Caucasian Geology' and his travels in the Caucasus and Armenian Highlands, by E. E. Milanovsky".
- ^ a b Four Centuries of Geological Travel: edited by Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, p. 178
- ISSN 0272-4634.
- ISSN 0305-8719.
- ISSN 1437-3254.
- ^ Krenkel, Erich (1953). "Abich, Hermann". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1. p. 19.
Further reading
- Tikhomirov, V.V. (1970). "Abich, Otto Hermann Wilhelm". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 19–21.
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