Sebastian Finsterwalder
German mathematician and glaciologist
Died when: 89 years 61 days (1070 months)Star Sign: Libra
Sebastian Finsterwalder (4 October 1862 – 4 December 1951) was a German mathematician and glaciologist.Acknowledged as the "father of glacier photogrammetry"; he pioneered the use of repeat photography as a temporal surveying instrument in measurement of the geology and structure of the Alps and their glacier flows.
The measurement techniques he developed and the data he produced are still in use to discover evidence for climate change.
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