Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Swedish geologist and mineralogist
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer. He was a member of the Fenno-Swedish Nordenskiöld family of scientists and held the title of a friherre. His ethnicity was Finnish-Swedish.... Wikipedia
Born: November 18, 1832, Helsinki, Finland
Died: August 12, 1901 (age 68 years), Trosa Municipality, Sweden
Children: Gustaf Nordenskiöld and Erland Nordenskiöld
Organizations founded: Sällskapet Idun and AB Isfjorden
Awards: Founder's Gold Medal and Murchison Medal
Education: University of Helsinki