Editing Gustav Adolph Kenngott (section)

==Biography==
Kenngott was born in [[Wrocław|Breslau]]. After being employed in the Hofmineralien-Cabinett at
[[Vienna]]. From 1857 to 1893, he was also full professor of mineralogy at the [[ETH Zurich]] and at the [[University of Zürich]]. He was distinguished for his researches on mineralogy, [[crystallography]] and [[petrology]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} In 1855, from the [[Serpentine group|serpentine]] of Mount Zdjar near [[Šumperk|Schönberg]] in [[Moravia]], Kenngott was the first to describe [[enstatite]]. In 1860, he identified a new mineral, giving it the name [[pisanite]] in honor of [[Félix Pisani|Felice Pisani]]. Kenngott died in [[Lugano]].