Arvid Högbom was born at VännäsinVästerbotten County, Sweden.
Högbom was a student at Uppsala University earning a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1880 and a Licentiate in philosophy in 1884. In 1885, he defended his doctorate thesis; Iakttagelser rörande Jemtlands glaciala geologi med inledande öfversigt af berggrunden (Stockholm. 1885).
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He was appointed lecturer at Uppsala in 1885.
In 1891 he joined the staff of the University of Stockholm, but returned to Uppsala University in 1896 as professor of geology and mineralogy, occupying the chair until his retirement in 1922. [2]
Högbom became known as a geologist with magmatic differentiation, which he studied in the iron ore area of GällivareinNorrbotten County.
Högbom was the first to identify the Sub-Cambrian peneplain in a 1910 publication.[4]
He coined the term Subjotnian in 1910.[5] Högbomite (later renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S), högbomite group, högbomite supergroup was named in his honour.[6]
He is credited with having made the first ever estimate of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere from the combustion of fossil fuels.[7]
^Laitakari, I.; Rämö, T.; Suominen, V.; Niin, M.; Stepanov, K.; Amantov, A. (1996). "Subjotnian: Rapakivi granites and related rocks in the Gulf of Finland". Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper. 21: 59–97.
