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He was elected a member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] in 1905.
He was elected a member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] in 1905.


The [[Spitsbergen]] [[glacier]] [[Hambergbreen]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=25281E |title=Hambergbreen |publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]] |accessdate=7 January 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The [[Spitsbergen]] [[glacier]] [[Hambergbreen]] is named after him.<!--ref>{{cite web|url=http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=25281E |title=Hambergbreen |publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]] |accessdate=7 January 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref --><ref>{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Hambergbreen |title=Hambergbreen (Svalbard) |publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]] |accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref>


The [[Bear Island (Norway)|Bjørnøya]] mountain of [[Hambergfjellet]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Hambergfjellet |title=Hambergfjellet (Svalbard) |publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]] |accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>
The [[Bear Island (Norway)|Bjørnøya]] mountain of [[Hambergfjellet]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Hambergfjellet |title=Hambergfjellet (Svalbard) |publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]] |accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>

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Axel Hamberg
Axel Hamberg ca. 1910
Born(1863-01-17)17 January 1863
Klara Församling, Stockholm, Sweden
Died28 June 1933(1933-06-28) (aged 70)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Scientific career
FieldsGeography
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.[1]

Awards and Honors

He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905.

The Spitsbergen glacier Hambergbreen is named after him.[2]

The Bjørnøya mountain of Hambergfjellet is named after him.[3]

The Hamberg Glacier of South Georgia is named after him.[4]

The mineral hambergite was named after him in 1890.[5][6][7]

Axel Hamberg on a field trip with students, 1904

References

  1. ^ "Axel Hamberg". Axel Hamberg (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Hambergbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Hambergfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. ^ United States Geological Survey (January 7, 2012). "Antarctica Feature Detail". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ^ Brögger, W.C. (1890). "Die mineralien der syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen augit- und nephelinsyenite, 16. Hambergit". Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. 16: 65–67.
  6. ^ "Hambergite". MinDat.org. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  7. ^ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "hambergitt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 January 2012.