Friedrich Martin Berwerth Explained

Friedrich Martin Berwerth (16 November 1850, Schäßburg – 22 September 1918, Vienna) was an Austrian mineralogist and petrographer known for his work with meteorites.^[1]

He was a student at the Universities of Vienna, Graz and Heidelberg, and following graduation, worked as an assistant to Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg at the Mineralogisch-Petrographischen Institut in Vienna (1874). Later the same year, he began work as an assistant at the Imperial Hofmineralien Cabinet. In 1888 he became a curator, followed by titles of leiter (1895) and director (1904) of the mineralogy-petrography department.^[2]

From 1888 he was a privat-docent of petrography at the University of Vienna, where in 1894, he became an associate professor, and in 1907, attained a full professorship.^{[3] [4]} In 1901, with August von Loehr, he founded the Wiener Mineralogische Gesellschaft (in 1947 the name of the association was changed to Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft).^[5]

Written works

• Mikroskopische Structurbilder der Massengesteine in farbigen Lithographien, 1900.
• Verzeichnis der Meteoriten im K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseum Ende Oktober 1902, (1903).
• "Steel and Meteoric Iron, &c", published in 1908 in English.
• Ein natürliches System der Eisenmeteoriten, 1914.
• "On the origin of meteorites", published in 1917 in English (Translation from German of a lecture given in the Scientific club of Vienna on 26 January 1914).^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.b/b395127_en.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en Berwerth, Friedrich Martin
2. http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/forschung/mineralogie__petrographie/sammlungen/meteoritensammlung/friedrich_martin_berwerth Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
3. Web site: Berwerth, Friedrich Martin (1850-1918), Mineraloge . German . Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und Biographische Dokumentation . 22 April 2024.
4. Web site: Gicklhorn, Josef . Berwerth, Friedrich Martin - Petrograph, * 16.11.1850 Schäßburg (Siebenbürgen), † 22.9.1918 Wien. (lutherisch) . German. NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie.
5. http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/forschung/wissenschaftliche_gesellschaften__vereine Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
6. http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/viaf-52434925 WorldCat Identities