Pim Jungerius
Dutch physical geographer (1933–2023)
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Pieter Dirk "Pim" Jungerius (10 June 1933 – 27 November 2023) was a Dutch physical geographer. He was a professor of physical geography, climatology and cartography at the University of Amsterdam between 1970 and 1998.
Life and career
Pieter Dirk Jungerius was born on 10 June 1933 in Rijnsburg.[1] He started studying in 1951 and obtained a degree in physical geography at the University of Amsterdam in 1957.[2] Jungerius obtained his doctorate in physical geography in 1959 at the same university under Jan Pieter Bakker with a thesis titled: Zur Verwitterung, Bodenbildung und Morphologie der Keuper-Liaslandschaft bei Moutfort in Luxembourg.[3] He was lector of general physical geography and physical landscape geography at the University of Amsterdam between 1963 and 1970. He subsequently was a professor of physical geography, climatology and cartography between 1970 and his retirement in 1998.[3]
In his research Jungerius made links to geomorphology, soil science as well as social geography. Jungerius performed significant research into dune systems and the formation of cuesta.[4] He was in part responsible for the reintroduction of aeolian processes in the Dutch dunes.[2] In 2012 he contributed to a large publication on earthen walls by the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.[5] Jungerius was a proponent of introducing legal protection for geological heritage.[6] He was a long-time editor of Earth Surface Processes and Catena.[2]
Jungerius was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1987.[7]
Jungerius died in Bennekom on 27 November 2023, at the age of 90.[2]