Wilhelm Ramsay
| Wilhelm Ramsay | |
|---|---|
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1885 | |
| Born | 20 January 1865 |
| Died | 6 January 1928 (aged 62) |
| Residence | Finland |
| Citizenship | Russia (Finland) |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions | University of Helsinki |
| Known for | Fennoscandia, Postjotnian, Timanide Orogen |
| Influenced | Pentti Eskola |
Wilhelm Ramsay (20 January 1865 – 6 January 1928) was Finland Swede 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).[1][2]
Together with Jakob Sederholm Ramsay was a student of Fredrik Johan Wiik. Pentti Eskola was a student of Ramsay.[3]
References
- ↑ De Geer, Sten (1928). "Das geologische Fennoskandia und das geographische Baltoskandia". Geografiska Annaler (in German). Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. 10: 119–139.
- ↑ Amantov, A.; Laitakari, I.; Poroshin, Ye (1996). "Jotnian and Postjotnian: Sandstones and diabases in the surroundings of the Gulf of Finland". Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper. 21: 99–113.
- ↑ Haapala, I. (2005). "Chapter 17: History of Finnish bedrock research". In Lehtinen, Martti; Nurmi, Pekka A.; Rämö, Tapani. Precambrian Geology of Finland. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 683–701. ISBN 9780080457598.
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