Fredrik Johan Wiik
Geologist, Deceased Person
1839 – 1909
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Who was Fredrik Johan Wiik?
Fredrik Johan Wiik, also known as F.J. Wiik, was a Finnish geologist and mineralogist; in 1877, he was named the first professor of geology and mineralogy at the Imperial Alexander University of Finland, where his students included Jakob Sederholm. He was also the first scientist in Finland to use a petrographic microscope.
Wiik died in 1909, on a geological expedition; his body was found clutching his geologist's hammer.
The mineral wiikite is named for him.
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