Sebastian Finsterwalder

Sebastian Finsterwalder
Sebastian Finsterwalder
Born	4 October 1862; Rosenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	4 December 1951 (aged 89); Munich, Germany
Alma mater	University of Tübingen
Known for	Aerodynamics; Photogrammetry; Finsterwaldersche fields method; Froude–Finsterwalder equation;
Spouse	Franziska Mallepell (m. 1892)
Children	Richard Finsterwalder (1899-1963), Professor at the Technical University in Hanover and Munich,; Ulrich Finsterwalder (1897-1988), a civil engineer.;
Awards	Helmert commemorative medallion for excellence by the German Association of Surveying
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics, geometry, surveying, topography, aerodynamics and geology
Institutions	Technical University of Munich
Doctoral advisor	Alexander von Brill
Doctoral students	Hans Jörg Stetter

Sebastian Finsterwalder (4 October 1862 – 4 December 1951) was a German mathematician and glaciologist. Acknowledged as the "father of glacier photogrammetry"; he pioneered the use of repeat photography as a temporal surveying instrument in measurement of the geology and structure of the Alps and their glacier flows. The measurement techniques he developed and the data he produced are still in use to discover evidence for climate change.

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