Josef Zemann (25 May 1923 – 16 October 2022) was an Austrian mineralogist and geologist.
Josef Zemann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 May 1923 |
| Died | 16 October 2022 (aged 99) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Felix Machatschki |
Life and work
editZemann was born on 25 May 1923 in Vienna. He studied mineralogy at the University of Vienna where he received his PhD for work with Felix Machatschki in 1946. Zemann worked with Martin J. Buerger at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951 and 1952. He became director of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography of the University of Göttingen. From 1967 until his retirement in 1989 he was head of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography of the University of Vienna.[1]
Zemann died on 16 October 2022, at the age of 99.[2]
Honours
editThe mineral Zemannite Mg0.5ZnFe3+[TeO3]3 • 4.5 H2O was named after him in the 1960s.[3]
References
edit- ^ Tillmanns, Ekkehart (1993). "Dedication". Mineralogy and Petrology. 48 (2–4): 85–86. Bibcode:1993MinPe..48...85T. doi:10.1007/BF01163088.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Josef Zemann (1923–2022)". Universität Wien. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Matzat, E.; Wiliams, SJ (1969). "Zemannite, a new tellurite mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico" (PDF). Canadian Mineralogist. 10: 139–140.
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