Hermann Traube

Who was Hermann Traube?

Hermann Traube was a German mineralogist born in Ratibor, Silesia. He was the son of chemist Moritz Traube.

He studied at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg, Breslau and Greifswald, earning his doctorate in 1884. At Breslau his instructors were Ferdinand Cohn and Theodor Poleck.

In 1905 he became an associate professor at the University of Berlin, and later a professor in Greifswald. He was the author of a book on Silesian minerals called Die Minerale Schlesiens.