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Sebastian Finsterwalder

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Bavarian mathematician and surveyor (1862-1951)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1862 to 1951 · aged 89
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Sebastian Finsterwalder was a German mathematician and glaciologist. Acknowledged as the "father of glacier photogrammetry"; he pioneered the use of repeat photography as a temporal surveying instrument in measurement of the geology and structure of the Alps and their glacier flows.

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1942Goethe Medal for Art and Science
1927honorary member
1913Carl-Ritter-Medal

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Sebastian Finsterwalder was a German mathematician and glaciologist. Acknowledged as the "father of glacier photogrammetry"; he pioneered the use of repeat photography as a temporal surveying instrument in measurement of the geology and structure of the Alps and their glacier flows. The measurement techniques he developed and the data he produced are still in use to discover evidence for climate change.

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Germany
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deceased
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Lived 1862 to 1951 · aged 89
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