Solco Walle Tromp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Solco Walle Tromp

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1909

Place of Birth: Jakarta, Indonesia

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1983

Profession: geologist, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Solco Walle Tromp (9, March 1909 - 17, March 1983) was a Dutch geologist and biometeorologist. Tromp was from 1947 to 1950 Professor of geology at Cairo University.
He co-founded the International Society of Biometeorology and published pioneering writings on biometeorology.Tromp took a deep interest in dowsing and radiesthesia.
He conducted experiments and came to the conclusion that dowsing is a real phenomenon due to activity of electromagnetic fields.
His views on dowsing were criticized by the scientific community and have been described by critics as an example of pseudoscience.