Gustav Adolph Kenngott

Gustav Adolph Kenngott (January 6, 1818 - March 7, 1897) was a German mineralogist.

He was born at Breslau. After being employed in the Hofmineralien-Cabinett at
Vienna, he became professor of mineralogy in the university of Zürich. He was distinguished for his researches on mineralogy, crystallography and petrology. He died at Lugano.

Publications

*"Lehrbuch der reinen Krystallographie" (1846)
*"Lehrbuch der Mineralogie" (1852 and 1857; 5th ed., 1880)
*"Übersicht der Resultate mineralogischer Forschungen in den Jahren 1844-1865" (7 vols., 1852-1868)
*"Die Minerale der Schweiz" (1866)
*"Elemente der Petrographie" (1868)

References

*1911