Sophus Tromholt, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sophus Tromholt

Danish photographer

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1851

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1896

Profession: astronomer, photographer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sophus Tromholt (2 June 1851 – 17 May 1896) was a Danish teacher, astrophysicist and an amateur photographer.
He worked as a teacher at Tanks School in Bergen, Norway 1876-82.
In 1882 he was granted a scholarship by the Danish and Norwegian states to study the northern lights (Aurora Borealis).
During the first International Polar Year 1882/83, he established a scientific northern lights centre in Kautokeino.
His Northern lights studies pioneered the modern Northern lights science.
In 2013 UNESCO'S Memory of the World Register included the Sophus Tromholt Collection.