Otto Hermann Wilhelm Abich
1806–86
German-born geologist who studied the geology of the Caucasus. Extraordinary professor of mineralogy, University of Dorpat, 1842–53. Elected to the Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg, 1853.
Sources
DSB
Sarjeant 1980.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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