Victor Goldschmidt
Victor Goldschmidt · Science & Medicine
Founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry
1888, Zürich, Switzerland — 1947, Oslo, Norway
Norway · Germany
Victor Goldschmidt is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry
Goldschmidt founded modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, establishing the rules (Goldschmidt's rules) that govern how chemical elements distribute among minerals. Born in Zürich to a Jewish family, he worked mainly in Norway and Germany and fled the Nazi occupation of Norway during the war.
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Founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
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