Carl Fredrik Kolderup (6 December 18691 November 1942) was a Norwegian geologist. He was a professor at the University of Bergen and curator at Bergen Museum.

Biography

He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, Norway. He was as a son of tailor Niels Chrispinus Kolderup and Rasmine Margrethe Olsen. He was the father of geologist and politician Niels-Henrik Kolderup. He studied under W. C. Brøgger (1851-1940) at the Royal Frederik University (now University of Oslo) earning a

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in geology in 1892. He earned a dr.philos.from the University of Bergen in 1908. From 1898 he was a research fellow at the

Bergen Museum The University Museum of Bergen ( no, Universitetsmuseet i Bergen) is a university museum in Bergen, Norway. The museum features material related to anthropology, archaeology, botany, geology, zoology, art, and cultural history. History The Univ ...

and was also museum director from 1914 to 1938. He became a lecturer in 1904 and from 1914 was a professor at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

. Kolderup did pioneering works on the geology of Western Norway, and he founded the department of mineralogy and geology at

. He was also engaged in organizational work and politics, serving on the Bergen city council and acting as the city's deputy mayor.

References

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