Theodor Kjerulf

Theodor Kjerulf ( born March 30, 1825 Oslo, † October 25, 1888 ) was a Norwegian geologist and poet.

Life

Kjerulf was the brother of the composer Halfdan Kjerulf. He studied mining engineering at the University of Oslo (Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet in what was then Christiania ) and in Kongsberg and chemistry in Bonn and Heidelberg, among others, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen.1858 he became head of the newly established geological mapping of Norway and 1866 professor at the University Oslo.

His main works include a geological survey of Norway (1879 ) and more detailed geological maps of the region around Oslo.

His students included Waldemar Christofer Brøgger and Hans Reusch. A glacier in South Georgia is named after him. In 1974 he was on a Norwegian stamp.

He published poetry collections ( wanted for trial in 1854, Tre Digtkranse, Svensk literary tidskrift 1866, wanted for trial og Skizzer 1890, editor Leave ), was set to music by Frederick Delius and also provided a description of the folk musician Myllarguten ( 1801-1872 ), whom he met in 1847.

Writings

• The Christiania Silurbecken, 1855
• With M. Sars: Iagttagelser over the glacial formation i det sydlige Norge, 1860
• Veiwiser ved geologiske Excursioner i Christiania omegn, 1865
• Om Skuringsmärker, glacialformationen, terrasser above strandlinier, 2 volumes, 1870, 1873
• Om Trondhjems pin - Geologi, 1875
• Om stratifikationens spor, 1877
• The Ice Age. Habel, Berlin 1878 ( digitized )
• With T. Dahl, Udsigt over det sydlige Norges geological, with map 1: 1 million, Oslo 1879, 1880 also translated into German