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Sophus Tromholt

Danish photographer (1851-1896) · Norway · Scientists · Died at 44

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Sophus Tromholt was a Danish teacher, astrophysicist and an amateur photographer. He worked as a teacher at Tanks School in Bergen, Norway 1876-82. In 1882 he was granted a scholarship by the Danish and Norwegian states to study the northern lights.

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Sophus Tromholt was a Danish teacher, astrophysicist and an amateur photographer. He worked as a teacher at Tanks School in Bergen, Norway 1876-82. In 1882 he was granted a scholarship by the Danish and Norwegian states to study the northern lights. During the first International Polar Year 1882/83, he established a scientific northern lights centre in Kautokeino. His Northern lights studies pioneered the modern Northern lights science. In 2013 UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register added the Sophus Tromholt Collection.

Country
Norway
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1851 to 1896 · aged 44

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