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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen

Also Known As R.W. van Bemmelen · Rein van Bemmelen
Geologist

Dutch geologist (1904-1983) best known for his comprehensive study of the geology of the Dutch East Indies, published as The Geology of Indonesia in 1949, and for his Undation Theory, an early attempt to explain mountain building and large-scale crustal deformation through rising and sinking waves in the Earth's crust. He earned his doctorate at Delft in 1927, became professor of geology at Utrecht University in 1950, and received the Wollaston Medal in 1977. A general profile of the same person is also carried in the science atlas. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1904-04-14 1
Birth Year
1904 1
Death Date
1983-11-19 1
Death Year
1983 1
Birthplace
Batavia 1
Birthplace
Jakarta 1
Death Place
Oberdrauburg 1
Nationality
Kingdom of the Netherlands 1
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Structural Geology, Disciplines

Wikipedia "Reinout Willem van Bemmelen": interests were structural geology, economic geology and volcanology; structural geology listed first and is his defining theoretical work.

Source Wikidata: Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
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Nationality

Netherlands

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1. Reinout Willem van Bemmelen (Wikidata)
  • P569 (date of birth)
    born 1904-04-14
  • P569 (date of birth) [year]
    born 1904
  • P570 (date of death)
    died 1983-11-19
  • P570 (date of death) [year]
    died 1983
  • P19 (place of birth)
    born in Jakarta
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in Oberdrauburg
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
    also known as R.W. van Bemmelen
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
    also known as Rein van Bemmelen
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • P19 (place of birth) [2]
    born in Batavia
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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen (Wikipedia)
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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, also known as Rein van Bemmelen, (14 April 1904 Batavia, Dutch East Indies - 19 November 1983 Unterpirkach, Austria) was a Dutch geologist whose interests were structural geology, economic geology and volcanology.
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Wikidata: Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
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