Friedrich Seifert: key obituary facts
Is Friedrich Seifert dead? Yes. Friedrich Seifert died on May 7, 2026, at age 84.
Cause of death: Friedrich Seifert's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Friedrich Seifert known for?
He was known as German mineralogist (1941-2026).
More about Friedrich Seifert
Born: 8 May 1941.
Place of birth: Dresden.
Place of death: Berlin.
Gender: male.
Occupation: mineralogist, geologist, geophysicist, university teacher.
Nationality: Germany.
Employer: University of Bayreuth.
Awards: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Abraham Gottlob Werner Medal in silver, Walter Kertz Medal.
Also known as: Friedrich Alfred Seifert, F. A. Seifert, Seifert F A.
Friedrich Seifert, the German mineralogist and geophysicist, died on May 7, 2026.
He was 84. Seifert was the founding director of the Bayerisches Geoinstitut at the University of Bayreuth.
Born in Dresden on May 8, 1941, he studied mineralogy at the University of Kiel and the University of Zurich, earning a doctorate from Zurich in 1966 and later completing his habilitation in Bochum. A silicate mineral, seifertite, was named after him.
Friedrich Alfred Seifert (8 May 1941 – 7 May 2026) was a German mineralogist and geophysicist. He was the founding director of Bayerisches Geoinstitut at University of Bayreuth. A silicate mineral, seifertite, is named after him.