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Sophus Tromholt
Sophus Tromholt (2 June 1851 – 17 May 1896) was a Danish teacher, astrophysicist and an amateur photographer. He worked as a teacher at Tanks School in Bergen, Norway 1876-82. In 1882 he was granted a scholarship by the Danish and Norwegian states to study the northern lights ( Aurora Borealis). During the first International Polar Year 1882/83, he established a scientific northern lights centre in Kautokeino. His Northern lights studies pioneered the modern Northern lights science. In 2013 UNESCO'S Memory of the World Register included the Sophus Tromholt Collection. Photo collection During his stay in Northern Norway he photographed - apart from the scientific project - the landscape and the Sami people. His character portraits of the Sami are of high aesthetic quality artistically and as ethnographic photography. The photo collection is owned by the University of Bergen Library, Special collections, and consists of 231 glass negatives and 189 albumen prints in a port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophus Tromholt- Anna Aslaksdatter Gaup And Anna Jonsdatter Somby 1882-83 UBB-TROM-137
Sophus is a male given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Sophus Aars (1841–1931), Norwegian civil servant and writer *Sophus Andersen (1859–1923), Danish composer and music critic *Sophus Black (1882–1960), Danish telegraph manager and art collector *Sophus Bugge (1833–1907), Norwegian philologist and linguist *Sophus Christensen (1848–1920), Norwegian military officer *Sophus Frederik Kühnel (1851–1930), Danish architect *Sophus Hagen (1842–1929), Danish composer *Sophus Halle (1862–1924), Danish composer *Sophus Hansen (1889–1962), Danish amateur football (soccer) player and referee *Sophus Lie (1842–1899), Norwegian mathematician *Sophus Michaëlis (1865–1932), Danish poet, novelist and playwright *Sophus Müller (1846–1934), Danish archaeologist *Sophus Nielsen (1888–1963), Danish amateur football player and manager *Sophus Ruge (1831–1903), German geographer and historian *Sophus Schandorph (1836–1901), Danish poet and novelist *So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
