Valerian Weber Russian geologist and paleontologist Date of Birth: 26.09.1871

Content:

1. Valerian Nikolaevich Weber
2. Research and Contributions
3. - Discovered deposits of oil, arsenic, lead, and coal
4. - Designated a Honored Scientist of the RSFSR in 1939

Valerian Nikolaevich Weber

Early Life and Education
- Born on March 17, 1866, in Moscow, Russia
- Graduated from the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg in 1897
Career in Geology
- Worked at the Geological Committee from 1900 until his death
- First elected director of the Geological Committee (1917-1918)
- Professor at the Leningrad Mining Institute (1920)
- Published "Field Geology" in 1923

- Compiled a geological map of the Turkestan Mountains with colleagues in 1925

Research and Contributions

- Studied the geological structure and mineral resources of Central Asia

- Discovered deposits of oil, arsenic, lead, and coal

- Published a monograph on Cheleken Island
- Investigated the Andijan, Akhalkalaki, and Shemakha earthquakes
- Conducted significant research on trilobite paleontology
Achievements and Honors

- Awarded a doctorate in geological and mineralogical sciences in 1937

- Designated a Honored Scientist of the RSFSR in 1939

Personal Life
- Son: Vasily Valerianovich Weber (1900-1987), petroleum geologist
Death and Legacy
- Died on January 20, 1940, in Leningrad
- Buried at the Literatorskie Mostki of the Volkov Cemetery

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