
Abraham Gottlob Werner
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 207 years ago |
Date of birth | September 25,1749 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Osiecznica |
Poland | |
Date of died | June 30,1817 |
Died | Dresden |
Germany | |
Known for | Stratigraphy |
Neptunism | |
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Academic advisor | Johann Carl Gehler |
Books | Werner's Nomenclature of Colours |
Notable student | Alexander von Humboldt |
Friedrich Mohs | |
Christian Leopold von Buch | |
Christian Samuel Weiss | |
Influencees | Georges Cuvier |
Andrés Manuel del Río | |
Henrik Steffens | |
Nationality | German |
Education | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology |
Leipzig University | |
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ID | 682841 |
Abraham Gottlob Werner Life story
Abraham Gottlob Werner was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism.