Background
Heier, Knut Sigurdsön was born on April 20, 1929 in Barum, Norway. Son of Sigurd and Astrid (Bekkevahr) Heier.
Heier, Knut Sigurdsön was born on April 20, 1929 in Barum, Norway. Son of Sigurd and Astrid (Bekkevahr) Heier.
Candidate real, Oslo U., 1954; D. Philosophy, Oslo U., 1960.
Research assistant, Mineralog.-Geological Museum, Oslo, 1952-1956; department demonstrator, Oxford (England) University, 1956-1958; research fellow, Mineralog.-Geological Museum, Oslo, 1958-1960; postdoctoral fellow, Rice U., Houston, 1960-1962; senior fellow, Australian National U., Canberra, Australia, 1962-1968; professor geochemistry, Oslo U., 1968-1979; director, Mineralog.-Geological Museum, Oslo, 1969-1979; director, Geological Survey Norway, Trondheim, since 1974. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1966. Professor II, Technology U. Norway, Trondheim, 1979-1989.
Member, president International Geological Correlation Programme, 1983-1988. With Norwegian Army, 1947-1948. Member Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Det Konglige Norske Videnskaberg Selskab, Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi, Society Geologique Belgique (correspondent), European Union Geoscis (president 1989-1991).
Married Ragnhild Marie Hugsted, December 6, 1958. Children: Einar Knutsönn, Ellen Kristine.