John O. Norrman Explained

John O. Norrman
Birth Date:1929 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Stockholm
Citizenship:Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Field:Coastal geomorphology
Work Institutions:Uppsala University
Alma Mater:Uppsala University
Doctoral Advisor:Filip Hjulström
Known For:Process geomorphology

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