{{Short description|German geologist and mineralogist}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Adolf Knop | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = {{birth date |1828|01|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Altenau | death_date = {{death date and age |1893|12|27|1828|01|12|df=y}} | death_place = Karlsruhe | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | home_town = | other_names = | pronounce = | citizenship = | fields = Geology and mineralogy | workplaces = University of Giessen | patrons = | education = University of Göttingen | alma_mater = | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = Friedrich Wöhler | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = "Knopite" is named after him | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }}
'''Adolf Knop''' (12 January 1828, in Altenau – 27 December 1893, in Karlsruhe) was a German geologist and mineralogist.
He studied mathematics and sciences at the University of Göttingen, where he was a pupil of chemist Friedrich Wöhler and mineralogist Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann. From 1849 he taught classes at the vocational school in Chemnitz. In 1857 he became an associate professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Giessen, where in 1863 he attained a full professorship. In 1866 he relocated to Karlsruhe as a professor at the Polytechnic school. In 1878 he succeeded Moritz August Seubert as manager of the Grand Ducal Natural History Cabinet.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4BHZ3XTebWsC&dq=%22Knop%2C+Adolf%22+1828+Altenau&pg=PA73 Chronik der Universität Giessen, 1607 bis 1907] edited by Herman Haupt, Georg Lehnert</ref><ref name=AK>[http://www.ogv-online.de/geschichte/Repository/Adolf%20Knop%20pdf Adolf Knop] OGV Online (biography in German)</ref>
He was a catalyst towards the establishment of the ''Oberrheinischer Geologischer Verein'' (Upper Rhine Geological Society).<ref name=AK/> A cerium-rich variety of perovskite called "knopite" is named after him.<ref>[http://www.mindat.org/min-2228.html Knopite] Mindat.org</ref>
== Selected works == * ''Molekularconstitution und wachsthum der krystalle'', 1867 – Molecular constitution and growth of crystals. * ''Studien über Stoffwandlungen im Mineralreiche besonders in Kalk- und Amphiboloid-Gesteinen'', 1873 – Studies on material changes in the mineral kingdom, especially in limestone and amphiboloid rocks.<ref>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Knop,Adolf,1828-1893.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library] (published works)</ref> * ''System der Anorganographie: als Grundlage für Vorträge an Hochschulen'', 1876 – System of "in organography" as a basis for lectures at universities.
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