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'''Axel Hamberg''' (17 January 1863 &ndash; 28 June 1933) was a Swedish mineralogist, geographer, explorer and photographer. <ref>{{cite web|title=Axel Hamberg|url=http://www.axelhamberg.se/|website=Axel Hamberg|accessdate=28 January 2017|language=Swedish}}</ref>
'''Axel Hamberg''' (17 January 1863 &ndash; 28 June 1933) was a Swedish mineralogist, geographer, explorer and photographer. <ref>{{cite web|title=Axel Hamberg|url=http://www.axelhamberg.se/|website=Axel Hamberg|accessdate=28 January 2017|language=Swedish}}</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==
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[[File:Hamberg exkursion1904.jpg|thumb|left|300 px|Axel Hamberg on a field trip with students, 1904]]
Hamberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hamberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
He was the son of Nils Peter Hamberg (1815-1902) and Emma Augusta Christina Härnström (1833-1914). Hamberg became a student in Uppsala in 1881, a philosophy candidate in 1888 and a licentiate in 1893. He became an associate professor of mineralogy and crystallography in the same year at [[Stockholm University]]. In 1907, he was appointed as an extra ordinary professor at at the [[University of Uppsala]]. He served as a professor in geography at Uppsala until 1928.
He was the son of Nils Peter Hamberg (1815-1902) and Emma Augusta Christina Härnström (1833-1914). Hamberg became a student in Uppsala in 1881, a philosophy candidate in 1888 and a licentiate in 1893.


He became an associate professor of mineralogy and crystallography in the same year at [[Stockholm University]]. In 1907, he was appointed as an extra ordinary professor at at the [[University of Uppsala]]. He served as a professor in geography at Uppsala until 1928.
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==Awards and honors==
<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=12465|title= Axel Hamberg|publisher= Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
He was elected a member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] in 1905.
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At the [[General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm]] of 1897, , he received a gold medal for an exhibition of Scandinavian minerals.
He was elected a member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] in 1905. He was elected to membership by the [[Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala]] in 1916 and by the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund in 1929. He held the presidency of the International Glacier Commission from 1913 until 1927.

==Personal life==
Hamberg was married in 1912 with Sigrid Charlotta Nordlund (1885-1959). His wife was a poet whose work appeared in such magazines as ''Idun and ''Svea
Their son was Per Gustaf Hamberg (1913-1978), professor of art history with art theory at the [[University of Gothenburg]].

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==Awards and honors==
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 [[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>


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The mineral [[hambergite]] was named after him in 1890.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brögger|first1=W.C.|title=Die mineralien der syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen augit- und nephelinsyenite, 16. Hambergit|journal=Zeitschrift für Kristallographie|date=1890|volume=16|pages=65–67}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hambergite|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-1811.html|website=MinDat.org|accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=hambergitt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/hambergitt |language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref>
The mineral [[hambergite]] was named after him in 1890.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brögger|first1=W.C.|title=Die mineralien der syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen augit- und nephelinsyenite, 16. Hambergit|journal=Zeitschrift für Kristallographie|date=1890|volume=16|pages=65–67}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hambergite|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-1811.html|website=MinDat.org|accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=hambergitt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/hambergitt |language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref>



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[[File:Hamberg exkursion1904.jpg|thumb|center|300 px|Axel Hamberg on a field trip with students, 1904]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:42, 15 April 2019

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 and photographer. [1]

Biography

Axel Hamberg on a field trip with students, 1904

Hamberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Nils Peter Hamberg (1815-1902) and Emma Augusta Christina Härnström (1833-1914). Hamberg became a student in Uppsala in 1881, a philosophy candidate in 1888 and a licentiate in 1893.

He became an associate professor of mineralogy and crystallography in the same year at Stockholm University. In 1907, he was appointed as an extra ordinary professor at at the University of Uppsala. He served as a professor in geography at Uppsala until 1928. [2]

At the General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm of 1897, , he received a gold medal for an exhibition of Scandinavian minerals. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905. He was elected to membership by the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala in 1916 and by the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund in 1929. He held the presidency of the International Glacier Commission from 1913 until 1927.

Personal life

Hamberg was married in 1912 with Sigrid Charlotta Nordlund (1885-1959). His wife was a poet whose work appeared in such magazines as Idun and Svea Their son was Per Gustaf Hamberg (1913-1978), professor of art history with art theory at the University of Gothenburg.

Awards and honors

The Spitsbergen glacier Hambergbreen is named after him.[3]

The Bjørnøya mountain of Hambergfjellet is named after him.[4]

The Hamberg Glacier of South Georgia is named after him.[5]

The mineral hambergite was named after him in 1890.[6][7][8]


References

  1. ^ "Axel Hamberg". Axel Hamberg (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Axel Hamberg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Hambergbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Hambergfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ^ United States Geological Survey (January 7, 2012). "Antarctica Feature Detail". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  6. ^ Brögger, W.C. (1890). "Die mineralien der syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen augit- und nephelinsyenite, 16. Hambergit". Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. 16: 65–67.
  7. ^ "Hambergite". MinDat.org. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  8. ^ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "hambergitt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 January 2012.


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