Victor Goldschmidt
Norwegian mineralogist
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt ForMemRS was a Norwegian mineralogist considered to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classification of elements. Wikipedia
Born: January 27, 1888, Zürich, Switzerland
Died: March 20, 1947 (age 59 years), Oslo, Norway
Awards: Wollaston Medal
Education: University of Oslo
Academic advisor: Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
Notable students: Katharina Boll-Dornberger and Brian Mason
Books: Geochemistry