Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe (1808 - 1888) was a Norwegian
mineralogist.
He graduated as cand.miner. in 1840.
He first worked in
Trondhjem
as a mine superindendent, 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
. He was a member of the
Norwegian Academy of
Science and Letters.
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