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Aug 14, 1808 Died on 17 Feb 1888 (aged 79)
Norwegian mineralogist
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- 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.
