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PROF. ARVID-GUSTAF HOGBOM, who died on A January 19 at the age of eighty-three years, had been a leader in geological work and thought in Sweden for more than half a century, and he came to occupy a dominant position among the geologists of his native land similar to that of his contemporary the late Prof. W. C. Brogger in Norway (see NATURE of April 27, p. 652). A student at Uppsala, Hogbom was appointed lecturer there in 1885. In 1891 he joined the staff of the University of Stockholm, but returned to Uppsala in 1896 as professor of geology and mineralogy, occupying the chair until his retirement in 1922; he continued active in investigation and writing until the end. He was born in northern Sweden, most of his field work was carried out there, and he was ever active in promoting the economic development of this sparsely populated region.
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HAWKES, L. Prof. A. G. Högbom. Nature 145, 769 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145769a0
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