Hermann Traube
Hermann Traube (September 24, 1860 – January 29, 1913) was a German mineralogist born in Ratibor, Silesia (presently Racibórz, Poland). He was the son of chemist Moritz Traube (1826-1894). He studied at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg, Breslau and Greifswald, earning his doctorate in 1884. At Breslau his instructors were Ferdinand Cohn (1828-1898) and Theodor Poleck (1821-1906). In 1905 he became an associate professor at the University of Berlin, and later a professor in Greifswald. He was the author of a book on Silesian minerals called ''Die Minerale Schlesiens'' (1888). Other noted works by Traube include: * ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Gabbros, Amphibolite und Serpentine des niederschlesischen Gebirges'', 1884 – To the knowledge of gabbros, amphibolites and serpentines of the Lower Silesian mountains. * ''Über den Ursprung des Materials der in Europa vorkommenden verarbeiteten Nephritobjecte'', 1884. * ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Nephelins und des Dav ...
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