Frederik Johnstrup [SEP] date of birth
Frederik Johnstrup
Professor Johannes Frederik Johnstrup (12 March 1818, in Christianshavn, Denmark – 31 December 1894) was a Danish geologist and paleontologist. He was the founder of Meddelelser om Grønland.
Johnstrup received his Bachelor of Science in 1844. He became an associate professor of mineralogy and natural science at the Sorø Academy in 1846. When the academy closed in 1848, he became assistant lecturer in Kolding. Three years later, he taught in Sorø and in 1866, he became professor of mineralogy and geology at the University
The commission published the journal Meddelelser om Grønland - since 1975 issued as three separate monograph series:
- MoG Geoscience
- MoG Bioscience
- MoG Man & Society
History.
The commission was established in 1878 by initiative of the professor of geology Frederik Johnstrup. He argued that the State of Denmark should spend some of the considerable income from kryolite mining concessions on furthering mineralogical and other research actitivities in Greenland. In the very year of foundation, the commission funded an expedition led by J. A. D. Jensen to explore