About Christian Samuel Weiss
Lived 1780 – 1856 (aged 76). Christian Samuel Weiss was a German physicist, university teacher, chemist, mineralogist, mathematician and crystallographer.
Christian Samuel Weiss (26 February 1780 – 1 October 1856) was a German mineralogist born in Leipzig.
Following graduation, he worked as a physics instructor in Leipzig from 1803 until 1808. and in the meantime, conducted geological studies of mountain formations in Tyrol, Switzerland and France (1806–08). In 1810 he became a professor of mineralogy at the University of Berlin, where in 1818/19 and 1832/33, he served as university rector.
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Who was Christian Samuel Weiss?
German mineralogist (1780-1856)
When was Christian Samuel Weiss born?
Christian Samuel Weiss was born on 26 February 1780 in Leipzig.
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Christian Samuel Weiss died on 1 October 1856 in Cheb.
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Christian Samuel Weiss was a physicist, university teacher, chemist, mineralogist, mathematician and crystallographer.
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Christian Samuel Weiss was German.
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