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 mineralogy, optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifact (archaeology), artifacts. Specific s ...

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 classi ...

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

meteorite A meteorite is a rock (geology), rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical ...

s. He studied

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

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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 the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth ...

, of which, he studied at

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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-geologis ...

at the

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. 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 clas ...

at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

(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, (, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the ''Academia Holsator ...

(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