Hans Ramberg

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Not to be confused with Hans Erik Ramberg.

Hans Ramberg
Born	(1917-04-15)15 April 1917 Trondhjem, Norway
Died	7 June 1998(1998-06-07) (aged 81) Uppsala, Sweden
Notable awards	Wollaston Medal 1972 Celsius Medal 1969 Royal Swedish Academy 1973

Hans Ramberg (15 March 1917 – 7 June 1998) was a Norwegian-Swedish geologist. The mineral rambergite was named after him.

Life and work

He received his Ph.D from the University of Oslo in 1946. He subsequently worked at the University of Chicago (1948–1961) and at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science (1952–1955) at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (1960–1961) and for the rest of his career at the University of Uppsala (1961–1982).^[1]

In 1967, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1972 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal.

References

↑ Talbot, Christoper J. (2000). "Introduction: Hans Ramberg and this Volume". In Hemin A. Koyi and Neil S. Mancktelow. Tectonic modeling : a volume in honor of Hans Ramberg. Boulder, Colo.: Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8137-1193-5.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 5723439 LCCN: n80153178 ISNI: 0000 0001 1487 3273 GND: 118598023 SUDOC: 057195625

Persondata
Name	Ramberg, Hans
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian geologist
Date of birth	15 April 1917
Place of birth	Trondhjem, Norway
Date of death	7 June 1998
Place of death	Uppsala, Sweden

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