Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
1851
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1940
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Norway
educated at: Oslo Cathedral School
occupation: geologist, mineralogist, university teacher, curator, politician, paleontologist
award received: Gunnerus Medal, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Murchison Medal, Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University, honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Wollaston Medal, почётный член Немецкого минералогического общества
position held: member of the Parliament of Norway
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger FRSE (10 November 1851 – 17 February 1940) was a Norwegian geologist and mineralogist. His research on Permian igneous rocks (286 to 245 million years ago) of the Oslo district greatly advanced petrologic theory on the formation of rocks. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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