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Waldemar Christofer Brøgger

Norwegian geologist and petrologist (1851-1940) · Norway · Academics · Died at 88

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Waldemar Christofer Brøgger FRSE was a Norwegian geologist and mineralogist. His research on Permian igneous rocks of the Oslo district greatly advanced petrologic theory on the formation of rocks.

A life in dates

1940Died17 February 19401927Gunnerus MedalAward1924Honorary Member of the German Mineralogical SocietyAward1911Wollaston MedalAward1902Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1891Murchison MedalAward1851Born10 November 1851

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Awards

Gunnerus Medal1927
Honorary Member of the German Mineralogical Society1924
Wollaston Medal1911
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1902
Murchison Medal1891
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
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

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Child: Anton Wilhelm Brøgger

About this person

Country
Norway
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1851 to 1940 · aged 88

Academics from Norway 6

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