Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Read Next
Chemical equations Chemical reactions chemistry
How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?
Illustration of molecules. (molecular, chemistry, science)
Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?
Discover
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls
Pro and Con: School Uniforms
The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)
11 Banned Books Through Time
Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army
8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century
Thumbnail for flags that look alike quiz Russia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway
Flags That Look Alike

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Victor-Moritz-Goldschmidt
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born January 27, 1888 • Zürich • Switzerland
Died March 20, 1947 (aged 59) • Oslo • Norway
Notable Works “Die Kontaktmetamorphose im Kristianiagebiete” • “Geochemische Verteilungsgesetze der Elemente”

Photos

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
See All Images →
Brøgger, Waldemar Christofer
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
Norwegian geologist
Norman L. Bowen
Canadian petrologist
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky
Russian scientist
Auguste Michel-Lévy
French petrologist
Johan Vogt
Johan Herman Lie Vogt
Norwegian geologist
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
David S. McKay
American astrobiologist and geologist
Gabriel-Auguste Daubrée
French geochemist
Alexandre Brongniart, plaster medallion by David d'Angers
Alexandre Brongniart
French geologist
Charles Thomas Jackson
American physician and geologist
Harrison Brown
American geochemist
Ferdinand Zirkel
German geologist
Henslow, lithograph by T.H. Maguire, 1851
John Stevens Henslow
British botanist
René-Just Haüy
French mineralogist
Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Rosenbusch
German geologist
Henry Clifton Sorby
British geologist
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, engraving
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
German chemist
Richard Kirwan
Irish chemist
Edward Daniel Clarke
English mineralogist