Johan Herman Lie Vogt (14 October 18583 January 1932) was a Norwegian geologist and petrologist. Vogt was a professor at the University of Oslo and at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.

Biography

Vogt was born in

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, Norway. He was a son of physician Olaus Fredrik Sand Vogt and Mathilde Eliza Lie. He was the nephew of mathematician

Sophus Lie Marius Sophus Lie ( ; ; 17 December 1842 – 18 February 1899) was a Norwegian mathematician. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. He also made substantial cont ...

(1842–1899). Psychiatrist Ragnar Vogt (1870-1943) was a younger brother. Vogt studied at the Technical Institute in Dresden and in 1880 graduated from the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo). Vogt was cand.min. from 1880.

Career

Vogt was appointed professor in

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at the University of Christiania from 1886 to 1912. When the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

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was established. Vogt became the college's first professor of geology and held the position 1912-28. Vogt was responsible for developing the institute's department of geology. He was succeeded by his son Thorolf Vogt. Johan Vogt was awarded the

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by the

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in 1932.

Selected works

*''Norsk marmor'' - 1895 *''Die Silikatschmelzlösungen'' - 1903 *''De gamle norske jernverk'' - 1908 *''Norges jernmalmforekomster'' - 1910

Personal life

He married Martha Johanne Abigael Kinck in 1887. He was the father of engineer

Fredrik Vogt Fredrik Vogt (23 December 189226 January 1970) was a Norwegian engineer and civil servant. In the 1930s he was a professor and rector at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian abbreviation NTH). As the first director general of the Norwe ...

(1892-1970), geologist

Thorolf Vogt Thorolf Vogt. Thorolf Vogt (7 June 1888 8 December 1958) was a Norwegian geologist, professor and Arctic explorer. Biography He was born in Vang, Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1858–1932) and Martha Johanne Abigael ...

(1888-1958), social economist

Johan Vogt Johan Herman Vogt (23 September 1900 – 17 July 1991) was a Norwegian social economist, author and journal editor. Biography Vogt was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1858–1932) and Martha ...

(1900-1991) and newspaper editor

Jørgen Vogt Jørgen Herman Vogt (23 September 1900 – 3 August 1972) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician representing the Communist Party. He edited the newspapers ''Ny Tid'' and '' Friheten'', served four terms in Trondheim city council and on ...

(1900-1972).

References

1858 births 1932 deaths People from Tvedestrand Petrologists 19th-century Norwegian geologists 20th-century Norwegian geologists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology Wollaston Medal winners {{Norway-academic-bio-stub