Jorge Muñoz Cristi (1898–1967) was a Chilean geologist active at the

University of Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

. He obtained a degree in

mining engineering Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...

in 1929, and stated to lecture in 1943. He was director of the Instituto de Geología in 1952. Muñoz Cristi was a student of

Juan Brüggen Johannes Brüggen Messtorff better known by his hispanized name Juan Brüggen (Lübeck, Germany, April 25, 1887 – March 7, 1953, Santiago de Chile) was a German-Chilean geologist. One of his most famous works is the extensive treaty of ''Funda ...

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MIEMBROS ACADÉMICOS DE LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMÁTICAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
20th-century Chilean geologists University of Chile faculty Petrologists 1898 births 1967 deaths {{geologist-stub