# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-von-abich
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:10:20.010Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-von-abich"
name: "Hermann von Abich"
slug: "hermann-von-abich"
description: "Otto Wilhelm Hermann Abich was a German mineralogist and geologist who was among the first to conduct scientific studies in the Caucasus region and has been called the Father of Caucasian Geology. He worked briefly at the Imperial University of Dorpat and then travelled as part of the Corps of Mining Engineers of the Russian Empire. He collected minerals and fossils across the regions in which he travelled including Armenia, Persia, Italy and Daghestan."
tagline: "German-Russian mineralogist and geologist (1806-1886)"
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birthDate: "1806-12-11"
deathDate: "1886-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump