Ernst Anton Wülfing (27 November 1860,

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– 17 December 1930,

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) was a German

mineralogist Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proces ...

and

petrographer Petrography is a branch of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. The class ...

, known for his research on the optical properties of minerals and

meteorite A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the ...

s. He studied

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

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and at

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as a student of

Robert Bunsen Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (; 30 March 1811 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. The Bu ...

, then focused his attention to mineralogy and

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...

, of which, he studied at

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostoc ...

and

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(1887–88). Afterwards he served as an assistant to

Harry Rosenbusch (Karl) Heinrich/Harry (Ferdinand) Rosenbusch (24 June 1836 – 20 January 1914) was a German petrographer. Harry Rosenbusch was born in Einbeck. He taught at Heidelberg University (1877–1908), where he founded the ''Mineralogisches-geologische ...

at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

. He taught classes in mineralogy and

petrography Petrography is a branch of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. The classi ...

at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Wü ...

(1891–1899), the agricultural academy at Hohenheim in Württemberg (1899–1904), the ''Technische Hochschule'' in Danzig (1904–07), the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

(1907–08) and at the University of Heidelberg (1908–1926). The mineral wülfingite is named in his honor.

Published works

* ''Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Kryokonit'', 1890. * ''Tabellarische Uebersicht der einfachen Formen der 32 krystallographischen Symmetriegruppen zusammengestellt und gezeichnet'', 1895. * ''Die Meteoriten in sammlungen und ihre Literatur, nebst versuch den tauschwert der Meteoriten zu bestimmen'', 1897. * ''Die 32 kristallographischen symmetrieklassen und ihre einfachen formen'', 1914. * ''Ein neues Polarisationsmikroskop und kritische Betrachtungen über bisherige Konstruktionen'', 1918. * ''Mikroskopische Physiographie der Mineralien und Gestine'', (original author, Harry Rosenbusch), 5th edition, 1921.Google Search
(published works)

References

1860 births 1930 deaths People from Elberfeld Academic staff of Heidelberg University Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the University of Tübingen German mineralogists Petrologists Scientists from Wuppertal {{Germany-scientist-stub