Sebastian Finsterwalder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sebastian Finsterwalder

Bavarian mathematician and surveyor

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1862

Place of Birth: Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1951

Profession: photographer, mathematician, university teacher, ecologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Germany

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Sebastian Finsterwalder

  • 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.

Read more at Wikipedia