Geolog Theodor Kjerulf

1825 - 1888  (62 år)

• Navn	Theodor Kjerulf
  Præfiks	Geolog
  Født	30 Mar. 1825
  Køn	Mand
  Død	25 Okt. 1888
  Person-ID	I4076	Slægtsdatabase
  Sidst ændret	21 aug. 2013

  
  

  Far	Rigsherold P. Kjerulf,   f. 13 Okt. 1781, København ,   d. 7 Feb. 1841, Christiania, Norge  (Alder 60 år)
  Mor	Elisabeth Maria Lassen,   f. 1 Maj 1791,   d. 28 Maj 1873, Christiania, Norge  (Alder 82 år)
  Gift	24 Dec. 1814	Norge
  	http://www.kiermeet.com/Kiermeet/US_Pages/KjaerulfskeStudier.pdf     side:99
  Familie-ID	F1261	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

  
  

• Notater

  (Research): Kierulf. () I Store norske leksikon. Hentet fra: http:// snl.no/Kierulf ... Riksherold P. Kjerulf var far til komponisten Halfdan K jerulf (1815-68), stiftsoverrettsjustitiarius i Christiani a Axel Kjerulf (1823-80) og geologen Theodor Kjerulf (1825- 88). http://www.kiermeet.com/Kiermeet/US_Pages/Famous_kjaerulfs. htm#Theodore Kjerulf Theodor Kjerulf (30-Mar-1825 - 25-Oct-1888) Norwegian Geolo gist. He was born at Christiania, Norway. He was educated in th e university at Christiania, and subsequently studied at He idelberg, working in Bunsen's laboratory. In 1858 he becam e professor of geology in the university of his native city , and he wawas afterwards placed in charge of the geologica l survey of the country, then established mainly through hi s influence. His contributions to the geology of Norway wer e numerous and important, especially in reference to the so uthern portion of the country, and to the structure and rel ations of the Archaean and Palaeozoic rocks, and the glacia l phenomena. His principal. results were embodied in his wo rk Udsigt over det sydlige Norges Geologi (1879). He was au thor also of some poetical works. He died at Christiania o n the 25th of October 1888. The "Kjerulf-Glacier" was named after him on the island of "South Georgia," 54 degrees South of the Equator, 37 degrees West of Greenwich, England, in the Antartic. He was commemorated on a postage stamp in Norway in 1974 as an outstanding Norwegian Geologist. [også billede - frimærke]