Karl Hugo Strunz
| Karl Hugo Strunz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 February 1910 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Died | 19 April 2006 (aged 96) Unterwössen, Bavaria |
| Fields | Mineralogy |
| Institutions | Berlin Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater | University of Munich, Technical University Munich |
| Thesis | Über strukturelle Beziehungen zwischen Phosphaten (Triphylin) und Silikaten (Olivin) und über die chemische Zusammensetzung von Ardennit und Narsarsukit (1933) |
| Known for | Nickel-Strunz classification |
Karl Hugo Strunz (24 February 1910 – 19 April 2006) was a German mineralogist. He is best known for creating the Nickel-Strunz classification, the ninth edition of which was published together with Ernest Henry Nickel.
Strunz was born on 24 February 1910 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany). He attended the 'Goethe-Oberrealschule Regensburg', a high school with a strong scientific background in Regensburg. In 1929 he began his studies in natural sciences at the University of Munich and specialized in Mineralogy. He received his doctorate degree in philosophy in 1933 from the University of Munich and two years later his doctorate degree in technical sciences from the Technical University Munich.
After he graduated he was granted a research scholarship at the Victoria University (Manchester, England) where he worked with William Lawrence Bragg. He then went on to the ETH Zurich (Switzerland), where he was an assistant to Paul Niggli.
In 1937 Strunz went on to the Mineralogical Museum of the Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin, Germany), where he was Paul Ramdohr's assistant. Two years later, in 1939 he appointed as a professor to the 'Friedrich-Wilhelm University', now Humboldt University in Berlin. He held that position till the end of the 2nd world war in 1946.
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