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Brian Albert Sturt, 1933–2000

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Brian Albert Sturt passed away, on 15 September 2000, within a stone’s throw of his home in Trondheim, Norway. Born in Leicestershire, Brian graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and then moved to a lecturing position at Bedford College, University of London (1958–1970). It was during a part of his time in London that Brian served three years (1966–1968) on the Council of the Mineralogical Society. Although his early research years, including doctorate studies, were spent in the Dalradian of Scotland, he was soon to transfer his main fields of interest to the coastal areas of northern Norway, and almost always in the accompaniment of his close friend and colleague, Professor Donald Ramsay. It was during one of his early summers in Norway that Brian met his devoted wife Sidsel.

The many challenges presented by the Scandinavian Caledonides finally enticed Brian to permanent residence in Norway, in 1970, to the chair of geology at the University . . . [Full Text of this Article]