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BROGGER, WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER (1851— )

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BROGGER, WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER (1851— )

BROGGER, WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER (1851— ) , See also:

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian geologist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania on the loth of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1851, and educated in that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. In 1876 he was appointed See also:

CURATOR (Lat. for " one who takes care," curare, to take care of)

curator of the See also:

GEOLOGICAL

geological museum in his native city, and assistant on the Geological Survey. He was See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

MINERALOGY

mineralogy and See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology from 1881 to 18go in the university of See also:

STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, and from 1890 in the university of Christiania. He also became See also:

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector and See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate of the royal university of Christiania. His observations on the igneous rocks of See also:

south See also:

TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol compared with those of Christiania afford much See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information oa the relations of the granitic and basic rocks. The subject of the differentiation of See also:

rock-types in the See also:

PROCESS

process of solidification as plutonic or volcanic rocks from a particular magma received much See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention from him. He dealt also with the Palaeozoic rocks of See also:

Norway, and with the See also:

LATE

late glacial and See also:

POST

post-glacial changes of level in the Christiania region. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him by the university of See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg and that of LL.D. by the university of See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow. The See also:

MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison See also:

MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the Geological Society of See also:

LONDON

London was awarded to him in 1891.

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