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Friedrich Johann Karl Becke

Austrian mineralogist
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Born:
Dec. 31, 1855, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died:
June 18, 1931, Vienna, Austria (aged 75)

Friedrich Johann Karl Becke (born Dec. 31, 1855, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire—died June 18, 1931, Vienna, Austria) was a mineralogist who in 1903 presented to the International Geological Congress a paper on the composition and texture of the crystalline schists. Published in amplified form in 1913, his paper contained the first comprehensive theory of metamorphic rocks and proved to be singularly fruitful for advances in their study. Becke’s subsequent work on retrogressive metamorphism led to a deeper understanding of many ancient mountain belts. Becke studied mineralogy and allied sciences in Vienna under Gustav Tschermak, whose Mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen (“Mineralogical ...(100 of 120 words)

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