Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe

Norwegian mineralogist

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1808

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1888

Profession: professor, mathematician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe (14 August 1808 – 17 February 1888) was a Norwegian mineralogist and educator.Sexe was from Ullensvang parish in Hordaland, Norway.
He attended Bergen Cathedral School and graduated as cand.miner.
in 1840.
He first worked in Trondhjem as a mine superintendent, later at the Kongsberg Silver Mines.
He was mayor of Kongsberg for three months in 1851, being succeeded by Jens Landmark.From 1860 to 1877 he was a professor in physical geography at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo).
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.