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Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist and professor (died 1928)

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Wilhelm Ramsay

Finnish geologist

Wilhelm Ramsay was a Finnish geologist. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1914 and in 1915 was accepted into the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. He coined the terms Fennoscandia (1900) and Postjotnian (1909). Ramsay also coined the term ijolite.
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January 20

Day of the year

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 345 days remain until the end of the year.
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