Background
Zemann was born in 1923 in Vienna and studied mineralogy at the University of Vienna where he received his Doctor of Philosophy for work with Felix Machatschki in 1946.
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Josef Zemann
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Doctor of Philosophy, U. Vienna, 1946; licensed private doctoral, U. Vienna, 1951.
Career
Zemann worked with Martin J. Buerger at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951 and 1952. He became director of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography of the University of Göttingen. From 1967 until his retirement in 1989 he was head of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography of the University of Vienna.
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Membership
Fellow Mineral Society American (honorary). Member Deutsche Academy Naturforscher Leopoldina, Austrian Academy Sciences (Tschermak Seysenegg prize 1974, Erwin Schroedinger prize 1984), Academy Sciences Goettingen, Mediterranean Academy.Sci., Hungarian Academy Sciences (honorary), Croatian Academy Sciences and Arts, Mineral Society Austria (honorary), Mineral Society Soviet Union (honorary), MineralSoc. Poland (honorary), Mineral Society Germany (honorary), Mineral Society Romania (honorary).
Connections
Married Anna Aloisia Hedlik, October 20, 1951. 1 child, Josef Viktor.
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Recipient Abraham Gottlob Werner medal German Mineral. Society, 1984, silver medal U. Brno, 1992, gold medal sci U. Bratislava, 1993, EmanuelBoricky medal U. Praha, 1995.Recipient Abraham Gottlob Werner medal German Mineral. Society, 1984, silver medal U. Brno, 1992, gold medal sci U. Bratislava, 1993, EmanuelBoricky medal U. Praha, 1995.