Wilhelm Ramsay

Finnish geologist, mineralogist, petrographer, professor and politician (1865-1928) · Finland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 62

Wilhelm Ramsay was a Finnish geologist. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1914 and in 1915 was accepted into the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. He coined the terms Fennoscandia (1900) and Postjotnian (1909). Ramsay also coined the term ijolite.

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1928Died8 January 19281922Commander of the Order of the White Rose of FinlandAward1918Cross of Liberty, 3rd ClassAward1908Order of Saint Anna, 3rd classAward1865Born20 January 1865