Leif Størmer
| Leif Størmer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 1, 1905 Kristiania, Norway |
| Died | May 15, 1979 (aged 73) Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Notable awards | Order of St. Olav, Defence Medal 1940–1945, Reusch Medal, Nansen Award |
| Spouse | Ingegerd Wiborg Alten |
Leif Størmer (1 July 1905 – 15 May 1979) was a Norwegian paleontologist and geologist. He was professor of historical geology at the University of Oslo from 1946 to 1975. His father was the famous mathematician Carl Størmer. His son is the known mathematician Erling Størmer.
Størmer was born in Kristiania (now Oslo) to Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer (1874–1957) and Adelaide Clauson (1877–1973). His brother Per Størmer (1907–1991) became a botanist. His sister Henny married landowner Carl Otto Løvenskiold.
Leif Størmer attended school in Kristiania, and became interested in paleontology and geology. In 1923, he took his examen artium, and studied thereafter at the University of Oslo. He graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1928, then the dr.philos. degree in 1931. In 1931–32, Størmer resided in the United States with a Rockefeller Foundation grant. On 23 May 1932, he married Ingegerd ("Tutti") Wiborg Alten (1912–) in New York.
In 1930, Størmer was employed as a conservator vicar at the Museum of Paleontology in Oslo. One year later, he took his dissertation Skandinaviske Trinucleidae, which introduced numerous publications on the construction, nature and development of the trilobite. From 1932 to 1937, he was a research fellow, thereupon assistant, and in 1940 conservator at the Museum of Paleontology. From 1940 to 1941 he chaired the Geological Society of Norway. During the Second World War, Størmer participated in the Norwegian resistance movement as a treasurer for Milorg.
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