Friedrich_Wilhelm_Kegel
Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel (1874–1948), from 1924 to 1933[1] director of the mining operations at Tsumeb mine, Namibia. He was German until his naturalisation in South West Africa. After his resignation he lived in Switzerland.[2] He visited the Tsumeb mine from December 1938 until March 1939 and from February 1940 until March 1940 as a consultant for the Otavi Mining Company.[3]
The mineral Kegelite, discovered in the Tsumeb mine, was named after him by American volcanologist David Richardson.[4][5]
Kegel took the first published photograph of the Hoba meteorite.[6]