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Citizenship
  
Finland

Name
  
Pentti Eskola

Education
  
University of Helsinki

Fields
  
Nationality
  
Finnish

Known for
  
Role
  
Geologist

Influenced
  
Akiho Miyashiro


Notable awards
  
Penrose Medal (1951)Vetlesen Prize (1964)Wollaston Medal (1958)

Died
  
March 25, 1964, Helsinki, Finland

Books
  
On the eclogites of Norway

Awards
  
Wollaston Medal, Penrose Medal

Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883–1964) was a Finnish geologist who developed the concept of metamorphic facies. He won the Wollaston Medal in 1958, the Vetlesen Prize in 1964, and was given a state funeral upon his death. The mineral eskolaite is named in his honor.

Eskola was a student of Wilhelm Ramsay.

References

Pentti Eskola Wikipedia


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