Franz Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (russian: Фра́нц Юльевич Левинсо́н-Ле́ссинг), or ''Theodor Levinson-Lessing'' (March 9, 1861 – October 25, 1939 in
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
[Tomkeieff S.I. Franz Youlievich Loewinson-Lessing // Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. London. 1940. Vol. 96. P. xiv-xvi.]) was a Russian
geologist
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.
He graduated from the physico-mathematical faculty of the
University of St. Petersburg
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in 1883, was placed in charge of the geological collection in 1886, and was appointed
privat-docent
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at
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
University in 1889. In 1892 he became professor, and the next year dean, of the physico-mathematical faculty of Yuryev University (today
University of Tartu
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). Aside from his work on petrography he published also essays in other branches of geology, the result of scientific journeys throughout Russia.
An
island
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in the
Kara Sea
The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...
was named after this prominent Russian geologist.
Works
In various periodicals more than thirty papers have been published by him, the most important being the following:
* "Olonetzkaya Diabazovaya Formatziya" (in "Trudy St. Peterburgskavo Obschestva Yestestvovyedeniya," xix.);
* "O Fosforitnom Chernozyome" (in "Trudy Volnoekonomicheskavo Obschestva," 1890);
* "O Nyekotorykh Khimicheskikh Tipakh Izvyerzhonykh Porod" (in "Vyestnik Yestestvoznaniya," 1890);
* "Geologicheskiya Izslyedovaniya v Guberlinskhikh Gorakh" (in "Zapiski Mineralnavo Obschestva");
* "Die Variolite von Yalguba" ("Tscherm. Mineral. Mitt." vi.);
* "Die Mikroskopische Beschaffenheit des Jordanalit" (ib. ix.);
* "Etudes sur le Porphirite de Deweboyu" (in "Bulletin de Société Belge de Géologie");
* "1 et 2 Notes sur la Structure des Roches Eruptive" (ib.);
* "Note sur les Taxites et les Roches Elastiques Volcaniques" (ib.);
* "Les Ammonée de la Zone à Sporadoceras Munsteri" (ib.);
* "Petrographisches Lexicon" (2 parts, 1893–95);
* "Tablitzy dlya Mikroskopicheskikh Opredeleni Porodoobraznykh Mineralov."
:: The last was published in English by Gregory.
Bibliography
* ''Entsiklopedicheski Slovar
:By:
Herman Rosenthal
Herman Rosenthal (October 6, 1843 – 1917) was an American author, editor, and librarian.
Biography
Rosenthal was born in Friedrichstadt (Jaunjelgava), Courland. He was educated at Bauske (Bauska) and Jakobstadt (Jēkabpils), graduating in 18 ...
,
J. G. Lipman
Jacob Goodale Lipman (1874, Friedrichstadt, Courland Governorate — 1939, New Brunswick, New Jersey)Staff"DR. JACOB LIPMAN, SOIL CHEMIST, DIES; Dean of New Jersey College of Agriculture and Head of Experiment Station WON HONORS BY RESEARCH Prom ...
References
External links
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Grave of Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing
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Russian geologists
Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)
Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1861 births
1939 deaths