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De Geer, Gerard, 1858-1943

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Personal name headingDe Geer, Gerard, 1858-1943
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Variant(s)Geer, Gerard de, 1858-1943
De Geer, Gerard Jakob, friherre, 1858-1943
Geer, Gerard Jakob de, friherre, 1858-1943
Found inOCLC 30462194: Geology and geochronology, 1934 (hdg.: De Geer, Gerard Jakob, friherre, 1858- ; usage: Gerard De Geer)
Encyc. Brit. Website, Nov. 7, 2001 (De Geer, Gerhard (Jakob), Friherre (Baron) b. Oct. 2, 1858, Stockholm, Swed., d. July 23, 1943, Saltsjöbaden; Swedish geologist, originator of the varve-counting method used in geochronology; appointed to the Swedish Geological Survey in 1878 and received a master's degree in geology, Uppsala Univ., 1879; studied the glaciers of Spitsbergen in a series of expeditions; became prof. at the Univ. of Stockholm in 1897, serving as pres. from 1902 to 1910; after retiring in 1924, headed Institute of Geochronology at the univ.)