John O. Norrman

John O. Norrman
Born (1929-07-29)29 July 1929
Stockholm
Died 14 December 2013(2013-12-14) (aged 92)
Residence Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Citizenship Sweden
Alma mater Uppsala University
Known for Process geomorphology
Scientific career
Fields Coastal geomorphology
Institutions Uppsala University
Doctoral advisor Filip Hjulström

John Olof Norrman (29 July 1929 14 December 2013) was a Swedish geographer and geomorphologist known for his contributions to the coastal dynamics. Together with the other Ph.D. students of Filip Hjulström; Anders Rapp, Valter Axelsson and Åke Sundborg, Norrman was part of what came to be known as the Uppsala School of Physical Geography.[1] Norrman became in 1971 professor of physical geography at Uppsala and in 1987 he was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

References

  1. Gregory, KJ, 1985: "The Nature of Physical Geography", E. Arnold


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