Axel Hamberg | |
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Axel Hamberg ca. 1910
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Born |
Klara Församling, Stockholm, Sweden |
17 January 1863
Died | 28 June 1933 Stockholm, Sweden |
(aged 70)
Nationality | Swedish |
Fields | Geography |
Institutions |
Axel Hamberg (17 January 1863 – 28 June 1933) was a Swedish mineralogist, geographer, explorer, photographer and professor in geography at the University of Uppsala 1907-1928.
He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905.
The Spitsbergen glacier Hambergbreen is named after him.
The Bjørnøya mountain of Hambergfjellet is named after him.
The Hamberg Glacier of South Georgia is named after him.
The mineral hambergite was named after him in 1890.