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| ⚫ | '''Nikolai Ivanovich Koksharov''' ({{langx|ru|Николай Иванович Кокшаров|links=no}}) (23 November (5 December), 1818 – 21 December (2 January), 1893) was a Russian [[mineralogist]], [[crystallography|crystallographer]], and [[major general]] in the [[Imperial Russian Army|Russian army]]. He was noted for his measurements of crystals using a [[goniometer]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Notes|journal=Nature|date=19 January 1893|volume=47|issue=1212|page=278}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Wenk|first1=Hans-Rudolf|last2=Bulakh|first2=Andrey|chapter=Subject and history of mineralogy|page=8|title=Minerals: Their Constitution and Origin|date=2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781316425282}}</ref> |
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Nikolai Koksharov was born in [[Ust-Kamenogorsk]] (today's [[Kazakhstan]]). He was educated at the military school of mines in [[St.Petersburg]]. At the age of twenty-two he was selected to accompany [[Roderick Murchison]] and [[ |
Nikolai Koksharov was born in [[Ust-Kamenogorsk]] (today's [[Kazakhstan]]). He was educated at the military school of mines in [[St. Petersburg]]. At the age of twenty-two he was selected to accompany [[Roderick Murchison]] and [[Édouard de Verneuil]], and afterwards Dr. Keyserling, in their [[geological survey]] of the [[Russian Empire]]. Subsequently, he devoted his attention mainly to the study of [[mineralogy]] and [[mining]], and was appointed director of the Institute of Mines. In 1865, he became director of the Imperial Mineralogical Society of St.Petersburg. He contributed numerous papers on [[euclase]], [[zircon]], [[epidote]], [[orthite]], [[monazite]], and other mineralogical subjects to the [[Russian Academy of Sciences|St.Petersburg]] and [[Vienna]] academies of science, to [[Johann Christian Poggendorff]]'s ''Annalen der Physik und Chemie'', Leonhard and Browns Ja/irbuch, &c. He also issued as separate works ''Materialen zur Mineralogie Russlands'' and ''Vorlesungen uber Mineralogie''. |
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Nikolai Ivanovich Koksharov (Russian: Николай Иванович Кокшаров) (23 November (5 December), 1818 – 21 December (2 January), 1893) was a Russian mineralogist, crystallographer, and major general in the Russian army. He was noted for his measurements of crystals using a goniometer.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Nikolai Koksharov was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk (today's Kazakhstan). He was educated at the military school of mines in St. Petersburg. At the age of twenty-two he was selected to accompany Roderick Murchison and Édouard de Verneuil, and afterwards Dr. Keyserling, in their geological survey of the Russian Empire. Subsequently, he devoted his attention mainly to the study of mineralogy and mining, and was appointed director of the Institute of Mines. In 1865, he became director of the Imperial Mineralogical Society of St.Petersburg. He contributed numerous papers on euclase, zircon, epidote, orthite, monazite, and other mineralogical subjects to the St.Petersburg and Vienna academies of science, to Johann Christian Poggendorff's Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Leonhard and Browns Ja/irbuch, &c. He also issued as separate works Materialen zur Mineralogie Russlands and Vorlesungen uber Mineralogie.
References
[edit]- ^ "Notes". Nature. 47 (1212): 278. 19 January 1893.
- ^ Wenk, Hans-Rudolf; Bulakh, Andrey (2016). "Subject and history of mineralogy". Minerals: Their Constitution and Origin. Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781316425282.
Further reading
[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Koksharov, Nīkolai Īvanovich von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 887.
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