Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt
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Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt was a German mineralogist, natural philosopher and art collector. He produced a nine-volume atlas of crystal forms from 1913 to 1923 which was influential in establishing
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Grave in Heidelberg
Stolperstein in memory of Leontine Goldschmidt in Heidelberg
Heidelberg University
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI
In 1386, Heidelberg University was founded by Rupert I on instruction of Pope Urban VI who demanded modelling it after the ancient University of Paris.
A Solemn Mass was offered in the Heiliggeistkirche in 1386 to mark and bless the establishment of the university.
The Old Assembly Hall or "Great Hall" was redesigned in 1886 in celebration of the university's quincentenary.
The main entrance of the New University building in 1988, showing the bronze bust of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom