Name Hans Ramberg Role Geologist | Education University of Oslo | |
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Born 15 April 1917
Trondhjem, Norway ( 1917-04-15 ) Notable awards Celsius Medal (1969)
Wollaston Medal (1972)
Royal Swedish Academy (1973) Died June 7, 1998, Uppsala, Sweden Books Gravity, deformation, and the earth's crust Awards Wollaston Medal, Arthur L. Day Medal | ||
Hans Ramberg (15 March 1917 – 7 June 1998) was a Norwegian-Swedish geologist. The mineral rambergite was named after him.
Life and work
He received his Ph.D from the University of Oslo in 1946. He subsequently worked at the University of Chicago (1948–1961) and at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science (1952–1955) at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (1960–1961) and for the rest of his career at the University of Uppsala (1961–1982).
In 1967, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1972 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal.
References
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