Wilhelm Ramsay (20 January 1865 – 6 January 1928) was a
Finland Swede geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...
. He became a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ...
in 1914 and in 1915 was accepted into the
Royal Physiographic Society in Lund The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund ( sv, Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund), is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. It was founded in Lund, on December 2, 1772, and received a Royal Charter by Gustav III, on March 6, 1778. . He coined the terms
Fennoscandia
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Fennoscandia (Finnish language, Finnish, Swedish language, Swedish and no, Fennoskandia, nocat=1; russian: Фенноскандия, Fennoskandiya) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes ...
(1900) and
Postjotnian (1909).
Ramsay also coined the term
ijolite.
Together with
Jakob Sederholm
Jakob Johannes Sederholm (20 July 1863 – 26 June 1934) was a Finnish petrologist most associated with his studies of migmatites.
Troubled by illness throughout his life, Sederholm originally chose to study geology to allow him to work outdoors ...
, Ramsay was a student of
Fredrik Johan Wiik.
Pentti Eskola
Pentti Elias Eskola (8 January 1883 – 6 December 1964) was a Finnish geologist who specialised in the petrology of granites and developed the concept of metamorphic facies. He won the Wollaston Medal in 1958, the Vetlesen Prize in 1964, a ...
was a student of Ramsay.
References
1865 births
1928 deaths
Finnish geologists
Tectonicists
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Members of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
Swedish-speaking Finns
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