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Friday, July 20, 2012

Founder of modern Geography in Iran died


Mohammad Hassan Ganji


Mohammad Hassan Ganji Ph.D (11 June 1912 – 19 July 2012)[2] was an Iranian meteorologist and academic. He was born in Birjand.[3][4] He is credited as being the father of modern geography in Iran.[5]
Ganji established the Iran Meteorological Organization in 1955 and served as the head of Iran's Department General of Meteorology from 1956 to 1968.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) awarded Dr. Ganji as the outstanding scientist of the world in 2001 to recognize his life-long efforts and achievements in his field of expertise. 

Ganji has published several books, including the Atlas of Iranian Climates as wells as over 130 articles in Persian and English. 





                                                             


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