Wilhelm Ramsay

Wilhelm Ramsay
Ramsay in 1915
Born	(1865-01-20)20 January 1865 Dragsfjärd, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russia
Died	6 January 1928(1928-01-06) (aged 62) Helsinki, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Citizenship	Russia (Finland)
Known for	Fennoscandia, Ijolite, Postjotnian, Timanide Orogen
Scientific career
Fields	Geology
Institutions	Sorbonne University of Göttingen University of Helsinki

Wilhelm Ramsay (20 January 1865 – 6 January 1928) was a Finnish geologist. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1914 and in 1915 was accepted into the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. He coined the terms Fennoscandia (1900) and Postjotnian (1909).^[1][2][3] Ramsay also coined the term ijolite.^[4]

Together with Jakob Sederholm, Ramsay was a student of Fredrik Johan Wiik. Pentti Eskola was a student of Ramsay.^[5]

Personal life

Ramsay was a Swedish-speaking Finn and belonged to the Ramsay noble family of Scottish origin. His mother Emmy Tham was from Falun, Sweden. Mathematician August Ramsay was his brother.^[6]

References

1. De Geer, Sten (1928). "Das geologische Fennoskandia und das geographische Baltoskandia" (PDF). Geografiska Annaler (in German). 10. Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography: 119–139.
2. Amantov, A.; Laitakari, I.; Poroshin, Ye (1996). "Jotnian and Postjotnian: Sandstones and diabases in the surroundings of the Gulf of Finland". Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper. 21: 99–113.
3. "Ramsay, Wilhelm (1865 - 1928)" (in Finnish). The National Biography of Finland. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
4. Lindberg, Johan (September 9, 2011). "Ramsay, Wilhelm". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved November 30, 2017.
5. Haapala, I. (2005). "Chapter 17: History of Finnish bedrock research". In Lehtinen, Martti; Nurmi, Pekka A.; Rämö, Tapani (eds.). Precambrian Geology of Finland. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 683–701. ISBN 9780080457598.
6. Lehtinen, Martti (4 May 2001). "Wilhelm Ramsay". BiographySampo [fi] (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.