Fredrik Johan Wiik

Fredrik Johan Wiik, also known as F.J. Wiik, (16 December 1839 in Helsinki – 15 June 1909 in Helsinki) 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,[1] where his students included Jakob Sederholm[2] and Wilhelm Ramsay.[3] He was also the first scientist in Finland to use a petrographic microscope.

Fredrik Johan Wiik

Wiik died in 1909, on a geological expedition; his body was found clutching his geologist's hammer.[4]

The mineral wiikite is named for him.

Personal life

Wiik was the son of noted Finnish architect Jean Wik.[5]

References
  1. Finnish Museum of Natural History 2004/2005 Yearbook Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (requires Acrobat Reader)
  2. 100 years of migmatite - In Sederholms footsteps, 33 IGC Excursion No. 16, August 16–21, 2008; at the International Union of Geological Sciences; retrieved August 30, 2013
  3. Haapala, I. (2005). "Chapter 17: History of Finnish bedrock research". In Lehtinen, Martti; Nurmi, Pekka A.; Rämö, Tapani (eds.). Precambrian Geology of Finland. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 683–701. ISBN 9780080457598.
  4. WIIK, Fredrik Johan: The Mineralogical Record Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, at Curtis Schuh's Biobibliography of Mineralogy
  5. Suomen elämäkerrasto, 1955 edition. by Ilmari Heikinheimo; published by Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1955. (page 822)


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