Pentti Eskola

Pentti Eelis Eskola (8 January 1883 – 6 December 1964) was a Finnish geologist who developed the concept of metamorphic facies. He won the Wollaston Medal in 1958, the Vetlesen Prize in 1964, and was given a state funeral upon his death.[1] The mineral eskolaite is named in his honor.

For the Finnish athlete, see Pentti Eskola (athlete).
Pentti Eskola
Born8 January 1883
Honkilahti
Died6 December 1964 (1964-12-07) (aged 81)
Helsinki
NationalityFinnish
CitizenshipFinland
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Known forMetamorphic facies
AwardsPenrose Medal (1951)
Vetlesen Prize (1964)
Wollaston Medal (1958)
Scientific career
FieldsPetrology
InfluencedAkiho Miyashiro

Eskola was a student of Wilhelm Ramsay.[2]

References
  1. Lamont-Doherty The Vetlesen Prize Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Columbia.edu. Accessed 7 May 2012.
  2. Haapala, I. (2005). "Chapter 17: History of Finnish bedrock research". In Lehtinen, Martti; Nurmi, Pekka A.; Rämö, Tapani (eds.). Precambrian Geology of Finland. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 683–701. ISBN 9780080457598.

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