Online Encyclopedia

WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER BROGGER (1851— )

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 626 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER

BROGGER (1851— )  ,
See also:
Norwegian geologist, was born in Christiania on the loth of November 1851, and educated in that city . In 1876 he was appointed curator of the
See also:
geological museum in his native city, and assistant on the Geological Survey . He was professor of
See also:
mineralogy and geology from 1881 to 18go in the university of
See also:
Stockholm, and from 1890 in the university of Christiania . He also became rector and president of the senate of the royal university of Christiania . His observations on the igneous rocks of south Tirol compared with those of Christiania afford much information oa the relations of the granitic and basic rocks . The subject of the differentiation of rock-types in the
See also:
process of solidification as plutonic or volcanic rocks from a particular magma received much attention from him . He dealt also with the Palaeozoic rocks of Norway, and with the
See also:
late glacial and
See also:
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 and that of LL.D. by the university of
See also:
Glasgow . The Murchison medal of the Geological Society of
See also:
London was awarded to him in 1891 .

End of Article: WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER BROGGER (1851— )
[back]
JAN VAN [JANUS BROUKHUSIUs] BROEKHUIZEN (1649-1707)...
[next]
DE BROGLIE

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.