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Nov 17, 1838 Ingå, Uusimaa, Finland Died on 02 Nov 1904 (aged 65)
Finnish scientist
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About Selim Lemström
- Karl Selim Lemström (17 November 1838 in Ingå – 2 October 1904 in Helsinki), was a Finnish geophysicist.
- Lemström is best known on his research of aurora borealis.
- He had several expeditions in Finnish Lapland and even tried to create an artificial northern lights in the laboratory.
- In 1870 Lemström studied the metric system in Paris and introduced the system to Finland.
- Since 1872 he was a professor in the University of Helsinki.
- Lemström has been described as the "forgotten pioneer of northern light studies" and some of his experiments have been compared with the ones made by Nikola Tesla.
