Editing Gustav Adolph Kenngott

{{Short description|German mineralogist (1818–1897)}}
[[File:ETH-BIB-Kenngott, Gustav Adolf (1818-1897)-Portrait-Portr 12032.tif (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Gustav Adolph Kenngott, c. 1860]]
'''Gustav Adolph Kenngott''' (January 6, 1818 &ndash; March 7, 1897) was a German [[mineralogy|mineralogist]].

==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]].

==Publications==
*''Lehrbuch der reinen Krystallographie'' (1846) &ndash; Textbook of pure crystallography.
*''Lehrbuch der Mineralogie'' (1852 and 1857; 5th ed., 1880) &ndash; Textbook of mineralogy.
*''Übersicht der Resultate mineralogischer Forschungen in den Jahren 1844-1865'' (7 vols., 1852-1868) &ndash; Overview of the results of mineralogical research in the years 1844–65.
*''Die Minerale der Schweiz'' (1866) &ndash; The minerals of Switzerland.
*''Elemente der Petrographie'' (1868) &ndash; Elements of [[petrography]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Kenngott, Gustav Adolph|volume=15|page=732}}

==External links==
* [[:de:Gustav Adolf Kenngott]]
* [[:it:Pisanite]]

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[[Category:Geologists from the Kingdom of Prussia]]
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[[Category:Scientists from Wrocław]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Zurich]]
[[Category:Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences]]
[[Category:Academic staff of ETH Zurich]]