Victor Goldschmidt

Victor Goldschmidt
Young Victor Goldschmidt
Born
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt

(1888-01-27)27 January 1888
Zürich, Switzerland
Died20 March 1947(1947-03-20) (aged 59)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Known forGeochemistry
Goldschmidt tolerance factor
Lanthanide contraction
FatherHeinrich Jacob Goldschmidt
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry
Institutions
Thesis Die Kontaktmetamorphose im Kristianiagebiet and Geologisch-petrographische Studien im Hochgebirge des südlichen Norwegens  (1911)
Doctoral advisorWaldemar C. Brøgger
Doctoral students

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt ForMemRS (27 January 1888 – 20 March 1947) was a Norwegian mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classification of elements.