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Fredrik Johan Wiik
Finnish geologist (1839–1909) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fredrik Johan Wiik, also known as F.J. Wiik, (16 December 1839 in Helsinki – 15 June 1909 in Helsinki) was a Finnish geologist and mineralogist; in 1877, he was named the first professor of geology and mineralogy at the Imperial Alexander University of Finland,[1] where his students included Jakob Sederholm[2] and Wilhelm Ramsay.[3] He was also the first scientist in Finland to use a petrographic microscope.
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Wiik died in 1909, on a geological expedition; his body was found clutching his geologist's hammer.[4]
The mineral wiikite is named for him.