Fredrik Johan Wiik
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| Born | 16 December 1839 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 June 1909 (aged 69) Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Education | Imperial Alexander University in Finland |
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Fredrik Johan Wiik, also known as F.J. Wiik, (16 December 1839 in Helsinki – 15 June 1909 in Helsinki) was a Finnish geologist and mineralogist; in 1877, he was named the first professor of geology and mineralogy at the Imperial Alexander University of Finland,[1] where his students included Jakob Sederholm[2] and Wilhelm Ramsay.[3]
He was also the first scientist in Finland to use a petrographic microscope. He was also corresponded with Kaj Himberg, Finland-Swedish inventor, engineer, and geologist for a time regarding the Ängskärsfjard in the 1890s.[4]
Wiik died in 1909, on a geological expedition; his body was found clutching his geologist's hammer.[5]
The mineral wiikite is named for him.
Personal life
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Finnish Museum of Natural History 2004/2005 Yearbook Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (requires Acrobat Reader)
- ↑ 100 years of migmatite - In Sederholms footsteps Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, 33 IGC Excursion No. 16, August 16–21, 2008; at the International Union of Geological Sciences; retrieved August 30, 2013
- ↑ Haapala, I. (2005). "Chapter 17: History of Finnish bedrock research". In Lehtinen, Martti; Nurmi, Pekka A.; Rämö, Tapani (eds.). Precambrian Geology of Finland. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 683–701. ISBN 9780080457598.
- ↑ Hollsten, Synnöve; Ehlers, Carl (1997). URBERG OCH ISTID: Geologiska strövtåg bland berghällar i Brändö [BEDROCK AND ICE AGE: Geological rambles among rock outcrops in Brändö] (in Swedish).
- ↑ WIIK, Fredrik Johan: The Mineralogical Record Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, at Curtis Schuh's Biobibliography of Mineralogy
- ↑ Suomen elämäkerrasto, 1955 edition. by Ilmari Heikinheimo; published by Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1955. (page 822)
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