Augusto Gansser-Biaggi (born October 28, 1910) is a Swiss geologist who specialised in the geology of the Himalayas. He was born in Milan. His geological researches brough him around the world: Greenland (1934), Himalaya (1936), Colombia (1937-1945), Isla Trinidad (1947-1950), Persia (1951-1958).

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  • Augusto Gansser-Biaggi (born October 28, 1910) is a Swiss geologist who specialised in the geology of the Himalayas. He was born in Milan. His geological researches brough him around the world: Greenland (1934), Himalaya (1936), Colombia (1937-1945), Isla Trinidad (1947-1950), Persia (1951-1958). From 1958 onward he was professor of Geology at the University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, from where he carried out several researches in the Himalayas (Nepal, India and Bhutan). In 1980 he was invited by Deng Xiao Ping to Tibet. Awards: Patrons Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in London for the book: “The Geology of the Himalayas“ Wollaston Medal (the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London). Prix Gaudry (the highest award granted by the French Geologcal Society) Steinmann Medal of the Geological Society of West Germany King Albert Medal of Merit for his mountain research In 1983 the University of Peshawar in Pakistan gave him the title of "Baba Himalaya" (Father of the Himalayas). in 2005 he became honorary member of the Nepal Geological Society.
  • Augusto Gansser ist ein Schweizer Geologe. Er hat seine beinahe 80-jährige Forschungstätigkeit in Wort, Skizzen und Fotografien umfangreich dokumentiert.
  • Augusto Gansser-Biaggi é um geólogo e cientista italiano, conhecido como o "pai do Himalaya". Estudou geologia na Universidade de Zurique. Prospectou jazidas petrolíferas na Colômbia, Trinidad e Irã de 1938 a 1957, e lecionou geologia na Universidade de Zurique de 1958 a 1977. Gansser-Biaggi participou de várias expedições geológicas através mundo: para a América do Sul, ao Ártico, a Antártica, a Rússia, ao Oriente Médio, entre outras. Porém, seu trabalho mais importante foi determinar a estrutura geológica do Himalaya. Foi laureado com a Medalha Wollaston pela Sociedade Geológica de Londres em 1980 Atualmente, com 96 anos de idade, vive na comuna de Lugano, em Massagno, Suíça.
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  • Augusto Gansser-Biaggi (born October 28, 1910) is a Swiss geologist who specialised in the geology of the Himalayas. He was born in Milan. His geological researches brough him around the world: Greenland (1934), Himalaya (1936), Colombia (1937-1945), Isla Trinidad (1947-1950), Persia (1951-1958).
  • Augusto Gansser ist ein Schweizer Geologe. Er hat seine beinahe 80-jährige Forschungstätigkeit in Wort, Skizzen und Fotografien umfangreich dokumentiert.
  • Augusto Gansser-Biaggi é um geólogo e cientista italiano, conhecido como o "pai do Himalaya". Estudou geologia na Universidade de Zurique. Prospectou jazidas petrolíferas na Colômbia, Trinidad e Irã de 1938 a 1957, e lecionou geologia na Universidade de Zurique de 1958 a 1977. Gansser-Biaggi participou de várias expedições geológicas através mundo: para a América do Sul, ao Ártico, a Antártica, a Rússia, ao Oriente Médio, entre outras.
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