Wilhelm Hauchecorne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German geologist
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Place of Birth: Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Wilhelm Hauchecorne
- Heinrich Lambert Wilhelm Hauchecorne (13 August 1828 – 15 January 1900) was a German geologist of French Huguenot parentage who was born in Aachen.
- He studied at the University of Berlin and at the Bergakademie in Freiberg.
- Among his instructors were Heinrich Ernst von Beyrich (1815-1896), Gustav Rose (1798-1873) and Christian Samuel Weiss (1780-1856).
- Afterwards he became director of a copper mine near Rheinbreitbach, and in 1866 was appointed director of the Berlin Mining Academy.
- In 1873 he became the co-director of the Prussian National Geological Survey. Hauchecorne is credited with development of the Geological Survey's geological and mineralogical collections, and was responsible for consolidation of rock and mineral collections.
- He also introduced a standardization of color-codes for use on German geological maps that was eventually adopted throughout Europe. In 1892, the mineral hauchecornite was named in his honor.
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