Adolf Knop (12 January 1828, in

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– 27 December 1893, in Karlsruhe) was a German geologist and mineralogist. He studied mathematics and sciences at the University of Göttingen, where he was a pupil of chemist Friedrich Wohler and mineralogist Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann. From 1849 he taught classes at the vocational school in

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. In 1857 he became an associate professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Giessen, where in 1863 he attained a full professorship. In 1866 he relocated to Karlsruhe as a professor at the Polytechnic school. In 1878 he succeeded Moritz August Seubert as manager of the Grand Ducal Natural History Cabinet.Adolf Knop
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Selected works

* ''Molekularconstitution und wachsthum der krystalle'', 1867 – Molecular constitution and growth of crystals. * ''Studien über Stoffwandlungen im Mineralreiche besonders in Kalk- und Amphiboloid-Gesteinen'', 1873 – Studies on material changes in the mineral kingdom, especially in limestone and amphiboloid rocks.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works) * ''System der Anorganographie: als Grundlage für Vorträge an Hochschulen'', 1876 – System of "in

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" as a basis for lectures at universities.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knop, Adolf 1828 births 1893 deaths People from Goslar (district) University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Giessen Academic staff of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 19th-century German geologists German mineralogists