Enrique Martín Hermitte (1871-1955) was an Argentine geologist who served as the first director of Servicio Geológico Minero from its founding in 1904 to 1922. He es credited with bringing to Argentina a number of talented geologists from Europe as well as supporting young Argentine geologists by employing local university students.[1]
Enrique Hermitte | |
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 Photo from the book "Historia Argentina" of 1971 | |
| Born | 24 April 1871 |
| Died | 28 January 1955 (aged 83) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Alma mater | École des Mines de Paris |
| Known for | Development of geology in Argentina |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions | Servicio Geológico Minero University of Buenos Aires |
European geologist brought to Argentina by Hermitte include John Keidel and Walther Penck.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Aceñolaza, Florencio G. (2008), "La contribución de la Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología de la Nación a la formación de la primera generación de geólogos argentinos, y la actuación del Ing. Enrique M. Hermitte", Serie Correlación Geológica (in Spanish) (24): 103–108103-108&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Aceñolaza&rft.aufirst=Florencio G.&rft_id=http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S1666-94792008000200011&script=sci_arttext&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Enrique Hermitte" class="Z3988">
External links
edit- Works by or about Enrique Hermitte at the Internet Archive
- Works by Enrique Martín Hermitte at Project Gutenberg
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