Theodorus Henricus Franciscus Klompe (30 December 1903 in

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– 19 May 1963 in

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) was a Dutch geologist and the founder of the first geological department in

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, Indonesia. Education background: Doctor degree in Geology from

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, completed in 1929; thesis was on the geology of the Bergamasque Alps in Northern Italy. Career: * 1929 - Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij, work in North and South Sumatra, Irian and Kalimantan, also China and Japan. * 1948 - Lecturer in Geology,

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* 1950 - Full professorship in the Department of Geology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia * 1958 - Chairman of the Geological Department,

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, Bangkok, Thailand. * 1962 - Chairman of the Department of Geology, University of Malaya He died on May 19, 1963, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; his ashes were thrown in Mt. Tangkuban Perahu, West Java, Indonesia.

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