Thorolf Vogt
Thorolf Vogt (7 June 1888 – 8 December 1958) was a Norwegian geologist, professor and Arctic explorer.[1]
Biography
He was born in Vang, Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1858–1932) and Martha Johanne Abigael Kinck. His elder brother Fredrik Vogt (1892–1970) was director general of the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Agency, His younger twin brothers were Johan Vogt (1900–91), a social economist and professor at the University of Oslo and Jørgen Vogt (1900–72) newspaper editor and member of the Norwegian Parliament.[1][2]
He studied at the Royal Frederik University (now University of Oslo) and completed his examen artium in 1906. He subsequently went on trips to universities in both Vienna and Göttingen. In 1909 he got a job as an assistant at the
Thorolf Vogt was also elected to the
References
- ^ a b c "Thorolf Vogt". Store norske leksikon. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Johan Vogt - geolog". Store norske leksikon. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Vogt Thorolf". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 572. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ Ivar Oftedal. "Thorolf Vogt" (PDF). Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 39. Retrieved 1 September 2020.