Buerger, Martin Julian, 1903-1986

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Name (Latin)
Buerger, Martin Julian, 1903-1986
Other forms of name
Buerger, Martin J. (Martin Julian), 1903-1986
Buerger, Martin Julian, 1903-
Buerger, Martin J. (Martin Julian), 1903-
Date of birth
1903-04-08
Date of death
1986-02-25
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Crystallography
Mineralogy
Occupation
College teachers
Crystallographers
Mineralogists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 111130651
Wikidata: Q968583
Library of congress: n 79018457
HAI10: 000059170
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Wikipedia description:

Martin Julian Buerger (April 8, 1903 – February 26, 1986) was an American crystallographer. He was a Professor of Mineralogy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He invented the X-ray precession camera for studies in crystallography. Buerger authored twelve textbooks/monographs and over 200 technical articles. He was awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal by the Geological Society of America in 1951. The mineral fluor-buergerite was named for him. The MJ Buerger Award (established by the American Crystallographic Association) was established in his honor. Buerger was a member of the Provisional International Crystallographic Committee chaired by P. P. Ewald from 1946 to 1948, and he continued as a member of the IUCr Executive Committee from 1948 to 1951. He was also a member of the Commission on International Tables from its establishment in 1948 until 1981. In 1956, Buerger was the third person (after John C. Slater and Francis O. Schmitt) to have been appointed Institute Professor at MIT.

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