WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER See also:

• WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER BROGGER (1851— )

BROGGER (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
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

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
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

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
• NORWAY (Norge)

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 .