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Anton Ramovš
Born(1924-12-17)17 December 1924
Dolenja Vas, Slovenia
Died1 May 2011(2011-05-01) (aged 86)
Kranj, Slovenia
AwardsLevstik Award
1961 for Zemlja skozi milijone let and Geološki izleti po ljubljanski okolici
Scientific career
Fieldsgeology and paleontology

Anton Ramovš (17 December 1924 – 1 May 2011) was a Slovene geologist and paleontologist.[1]

Ramovš was born in Dolenja Vas near Železniki in 1924. He studied at the University of Ljubljana and graduated in 1950 and obtained his doctorate in 1956. He worked at the University of Ljubljana. His main area of research was petrographic and geological mapping.[2] He died in 2011.

He won the Levstik Award in 1961 for his books Zemlja skozi milijone let and Geološki izleti po ljubljanski okolici (Earth Over Millions of Years and Geological Outings Around Ljubljana).[3]

References

  1. ^ Škofja Loka Museum Society site
  2. ^ Anton Ramovš on the Slovene Biographical Lexicon site
  3. ^ The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site

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