Hermann Traube (September 24, 1860 – January 29, 1913) 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 ...

born in Ratibor,

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

(presently Racibórz, Poland). He was the son of

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Moritz Traube Moritz Traube (12 February 1826 in Ratibor, Province of Silesia, Prussia (now Racibórz, Poland) – 28 June 1894 in Berlin, German Empire) was a German chemist (physiological chemistry) and universal private scholar. Traube worked on chemical, ...

(1826-1894). He studied at the Universities of

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, Breslau and

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, earning his doctorate in 1884. At Breslau his instructors were

Ferdinand Cohn Ferdinand Julius Cohn (24 January 1828 – 25 June 1898) was a German biologist. He is one of the founders of modern bacteriology and microbiology. Ferdinand J. Cohn was born in the Jewish quarter of Breslau in the Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia ...

(1828-1898) and

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(1821-1906). In 1905 he became an associate professor at the

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, and later a professor in

. He was the author of a book on Silesian

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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

gabbro Gabbro () is a phaneritic (coarse-grained), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface. Slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro is che ...

amphibolite Amphibolite () is a metamorphic rock that contains amphibole, especially hornblende and actinolite, as well as plagioclase feldspar, but with little or no quartz. It is typically dark-colored and dense, with a weakly foliated or schistose (flaky ...

s and serpentines of the

Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

n mountains. * ''Über den Ursprung des Materials der in Europa vorkommenden verarbeiteten Nephritobjecte'', 1884. * ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Nephelins und des Davyns'', 1894 – Contributions to the knowledge of

nepheline Nepheline, also called nephelite (), is a rock-forming mineral in the feldspathoid groupa silica-undersaturated aluminosilicate, Na3 K Al4 Si4 O16, that occurs in intrusive and volcanic rocks with low silica, and in their associated pegmatites ...

s and davynes. * ''Über das optische Drehungsvermögen von Körpern im krystallisirten und im flüssigen Zustande'', 1895 – On the optical

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of bodies in crystallized and molten states.OCLC WorldCat
published works

References

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People from the Province of Silesia People from Racibórz 1860 births 1913 deaths German mineralogists Humboldt University of Berlin faculty University of Greifswald faculty {{Germany-scientist-stub