{{Short description|Norwegian geologist, geomorphologist and educator (1852–1922)}} {{about|the Norwegian geologist|the racing driver|Hans Ruesch}} <!--as Henrik Reusch redirects here--> {{Infobox scientist | name = Hans Reusch | image = HansHenrikReusch1852-1922.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1852|09|05}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1922|10|27|1852|09|05|df=y}} | death_place = | citizenship = Norway | field = Geology, Geography | work_institutions = Geological Survey of Norway | alma_mater = Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet | doctoral_advisor = | father = | known_for = Geography schoolbooks<br/>Silurian in Norway<br/>Paleic surface<br/>Strandflat<br/> Reusch's Moraine | influences = | influenced = | prizes = Lyell Medal | religion = | footnotes = | signature = | spouse = Helga Marie Ring Reusch<ref name="Norskkunstnerleksikon">{{cite web |last1=Aaserud |first1=Anne |title=Helga Reusch |url=https://nkl.snl.no/Helga_Reusch |website=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |date=20 February 2017 |accessdate=23 August 2018}}</ref> }} '''Hans Henrik Reusch''' (5 September 1852 &ndash; 27 October 1922) was a Norwegian geologist, geomorphologist and educator. He served as director of the Geological Survey of Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Hans_Henrik_Reusch |title = Hans Henrik Reusch |publisher = Store norske leksikon|author= Haakon Fossen|accessdate= January 1, 2017 }}</ref>

==Biography== Born in Bergen, he was educated at the University of Leipzig and Heidelberg University. He graduated Ph.D. at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo) in 1883. He was married to the painter Helga Marie Ring Reusch He joined the Geological Survey of Norway in 1875, and was its Director from 1888 to 1921.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} He was a Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard University (1897–98).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1897/10/6/courses-under-dr-reusch-dr-hans/|title=Courses Under Dr. Reusch |publisher=The Harvard Crimson|date=October 6, 1897|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012NE/finalprogram/abstract_200085.htm|title=Sturgis Hooper Professors of Geology at Harvard University|publisher=Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 43|accessdate=January 1, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050955/https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012NE/finalprogram/abstract_200085.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He is distinguished for his research on the crystalline schists and the Palaeozoic rocks of Norway. He discovered Silurian fossils in the highly altered rocks of the Bergen region; and in 1891 he called attention to the so-called "Reusch's Moraine" a Precambrian conglomerate of glacial origin in the Varanger Fjord, a view confirmed by A. Strahan in 1896, who found glacial striations on the rocks beneath the ancient boulder-bed. Reusch has likewise thrown light on the later geological periods, on the Pleistocene glacial phenomena and on the sculpturing of the scenery of Norway.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nb.no/nmff/fotograf.php?fotograf_id=2354|title=Hans Henrik Reuch|work=Preus museum|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref>

In 1877 Reusch founded a popular science magazine, ''Naturen''.<ref name="the">{{cite book|author1=Thomas F. Glick|author2=Elinor Shaffer|title=The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VW97AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA183|accessdate=18 February 2017|date=22 May 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-78093-712-0|page=183}}</ref> He edited it for the first four years.<ref name=the/> Among his separate publications were ''Silurfossiler og pressede Konglomerater'' (1882) and ''Det nordlige Norges Geologi'' (1891).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} He chaired the Norwegian Geographical Society from 1898 to 1903, and from 1907 to 1909. In 1900 he was among the founders of the Norwegian association of book artwork (''Foreningen for norsk bokkunst''). In 1907, his honorary doctorate was awarded at Oxford University. In 1922, he served as the first chairman of the Norwegian Association of Bibliophiles (''Bibliofiklubben'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/.search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Hans+Henrik+Reusch|title=Hans Henrik Reusch|publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Inge Bryhni|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/bokkunst/historikk|title=bokkunst – historikk |publisher=Store norske leksikon|author=Katrine Kalleklev|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.typografi.org/dokum/ffnb/bokkunstforeningen.html|title=Foreningen for norsk bokkunst|publisher=Typografi I Norge |author=Wilhelm Munthe|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref>

Reusch died at Hvalstad Station while attempting to enter a train. At the time of his death, his large private library of books encompassed 12 000 volumes. He is commemorated by the Reusch Medal, awarded by the Norwegian Geological Society. Reusch Glacier in Antarctica, Reuschhalvøya and Reuschfjellet on Svalbard were also named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Reuschhalvøya|title=Reuschhalvøya (Svalbard)|publisher=Norsk Polarinstitutt |accessdate= January 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadnamn.npolar.no/stadnamn/Reuschfjellet?ident=11976 |title=Reuschfjellet (Svalbard)|work=Norsk Polarinstitutt|accessdate=January 1, 2017 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==Sources== *{{EB1911|wstitle=Reusch, Hans Henrik|volume=23|page=209}}

==External links== *[http://www.nb.no/nbsok/search?searchString=creator:%22reusch,hans%22 Nasjonalbiblioteket] {{Authority control}}

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