Theodor Kjerulf
Theodor Kjerulf (born March 30, 1825 in Oslo , † October 25, 1888 ibid) was a Norwegian geologist and poet.
Life
Theodor Kjerulf was the brother of the composer Halfdan Kjerulf . He studied mining at the University of Oslo (Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet in what was then Christiania) and in Kongsberg and chemistry with Karl Gustav Bischof in Bonn and Robert Wilhelm Bunsen in Heidelberg. In 1858 he became head of the newly founded geological survey of Norway and in 1866 professor at the University of Oslo.
His main works include a geological overview of southern Norway (1879, with Tellef Dahll ) and several more detailed geological maps of the region around Oslo. In 1883 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He was a corresponding member of the Thuringian-Saxon Association for Geography.
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger and Hans Reusch were among his students . The Kjerulf Glacier on South Georgia and just as much to Jan Mayen are named after him. In 1974 it was on a Norwegian postage stamp.
He published collections of poetry ( Digter 1854, Tre Digtkranse , Svensk literatur-tidskrift 1866, Digter og sketch 1890, editor Lassen), was set to music by Frederick Delius and also provided a description of the folk musician Myllarguten (1801-1872), whom he met in 1847.
Fonts
- The Christiania Silurian Basin, 1855
- with M. Sars: Iagttagelser over den glaciale Formation i det sydlige Norge, 1860
- Veiwiser ved geologiske Excursioner i Christiania omegn, 1865
- Om Skuringsmärker, glacial formations, terrasser og strandlinier, 2 volumes, 1870, 1873
- Om Trondhjems Stifts-Geologi, 1875
- Om stratifikationens spor, 1877
- The ice age . Habel, Berlin 1878 ( digitized version )
- with T. Dahl, Udsigt over det sydlige Norges geologi, with map 1: 1 million, Oslo 1879, also translated into German in 1880
Web links
- Kjerulf . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 11, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, p. 84 .
- Inge Bryhni: Theodor Kjerulf . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Inge Bryhni: Theodor Kjerulf . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Theodor Kjerulf at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 4, 2017.
- ^ Directory of the members of the Thuringian-Saxon Geography Association on March 31, 1885 ( Memento from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kjerulf, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian geologist and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1888 |
| Place of death | Oslo |