Facts about Jozsef Sandor Krenner

Dr. Jozsef Krenner was a scientist from Hungary who’s mostly known for discovering several types of minerals.

Krenner was born on 3rd March 1839 in Buda(Now part of Budapest), Hungary.
He studied at universities in Vienna and Tubingen.
He obtained a PhD in 1865.
Krenner worked in the Hungarian National Museum as a mineral expert.
He was also as a lecturer at the Technical University of Budapest.
In 1888 he became a member of the Hungarian Academy of Science.
Krenner has over 37 publications in 3 different languages.
He is credited with discovering 15 new minerals, previously unknown to man. One of them is Krennite, which is named after Jozsef Krenner himself.
Krenner had exceptional drawing skills and was also very good at playing the violin.
As a 10 year old boy, he performed violin solos at the churches in his hometown.
He also did violin shows in the opera.
Jozsef Krenner died on 6th January 1920.
He’s buried at the Kerepesi Cemetry in Jozsefvaros, Budapest.

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