Enrique Hermitte

{{Short description|Argentine geologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Enrique Hermitte | image = Enrique_Hermitte.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Photo from the book "Historia Argentina" of 1971 | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|4|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|1|28|1871|4|24|df=yes}} | death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | field = Geology | work_institutions = Servicio Geológico Minero<br>University of Buenos Aires | alma_mater = École des Mines de Paris | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Development of geology in Argentina | influences = | influenced = | prizes = | footnotes = | signature = }} '''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.<ref name=Acenolaza>{{Citation | last = Aceñolaza | first = Florencio G. | title = 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 | journal = Serie Correlación Geológica | volume = | issue = 24 | year = 2008 | pages = 103–108 | url = http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S1666-94792008000200011&script=sci_arttext | language = Spanish }}</ref>

European geologist brought to Argentina by Hermitte include John Keidel and Walther Penck.<ref name=Acenolaza/>

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==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Enrique Hermitte}} * {{Gutenberg author | id=9114| name=Enrique Martín Hermitte}}

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