Franz Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (), or ''Theodor Levinson-Lessing'' (March 9, 1861 – October 25, 1939 in
St. Petersburg
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[Tomkeieff S.I. Franz Youlievich Loewinson-Lessing // Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. London. 1940. Vol. 96. P. xiv-xvi.]) was a Russian
geologist
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.
He graduated from the physico-mathematical faculty of the
University of St. Petersburg
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in 1883, was placed in charge of the geological collection in 1886, and was appointed
privat-docent
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at
St. Petersburg
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University in 1889. In 1892 he became professor, and the next year dean, of the physico-mathematical faculty of Yuryev University (today
University of Tartu
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An
island
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in the
Kara Sea
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was named after this prominent Russian geologist.
Works
In various periodicals more than thirty papers have been published by him, the most important being the following:
* "Olonetzkaya Diabazovaya Formatziya" (in "Trudy St. Peterburgskavo Obschestva Yestestvovyedeniya," xix.);
* "O Fosforitnom Chernozyome" (in "Trudy Volnoekonomicheskavo Obschestva," 1890);
* "O Nyekotorykh Khimicheskikh Tipakh Izvyerzhonykh Porod" (in "Vyestnik Yestestvoznaniya," 1890);
* "Geologicheskiya Izslyedovaniya v Guberlinskhikh Gorakh" (in "Zapiski Mineralnavo Obschestva");
* "Die Variolite von Yalguba" ("Tscherm. Mineral. Mitt." vi.);
* "Die Mikroskopische Beschaffenheit des Jordanalit" (ib. ix.);
* "Etudes sur le Porphirite de Deweboyu" (in "Bulletin de Société Belge de Géologie");
* "1 et 2 Notes sur la structure des roches éruptives" (ib.);
* "Note sur les taxites et les roches élastiques volcaniques" (ib.);
* "Les Ammonée de la Zone à Sporadoceras Munsteri" (ib.);
* "Petrographisches Lexicon" (2 parts, 1893–95);
* "Tablitzy dlya Mikroskopicheskikh Opredeleni Porodoobraznykh Mineralov."
:: The last was published in English by Gregory.
Bibliography
* ''Entsiklopedicheski Slovar
:By:
Herman Rosenthal
Herman Rosenthal (October 6, 1843 – 1917) was an American author, editor, and librarian.
Biography
Rosenthal was born in Friedrichstadt (Jaunjelgava), Courland. He was educated at Bauske (Bauska) and Jakobstadt (Jēkabpils), graduating in 1 ...
,
J. G. Lipman
References
External links
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Grave of Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing
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Soviet geologists
Geologists from the Russian Empire
Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)
Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1861 births
1939 deaths