Hans Ramberg | |
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Born |
Trondhjem, Norway |
15 April 1917
Died | 7 June 1998 Uppsala, Sweden |
(aged 81)
Notable awards |
Celsius Medal (1969) Wollaston Medal (1972) Royal Swedish Academy (1973) |
Hans Ramberg (15 March 1917 – 7 June 1998) was a Norwegian-Swedish geologist. The mineral rambergite was named after him.
He received his Ph.D from the University of Oslo in 1946. He subsequently worked at the University of Chicago (1948–1961) and at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science (1952–1955) at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (1960–1961) and for the rest of his career at the University of Uppsala (1961–1982).
In 1967, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1972 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal.