Uncle of Arne Næss Jr., who was married to Diana Ross from
1985-2000.
Naess is a Norwegian philosopher known in environmental circles
primarily for his work on deep ecology. He is rightly regarded as the
founding father of deep ecology. He's perhaps Norway's best known
philosopher.
Had his first publication in 1936.
He earned his doctorate at the University of Oslo, and became its youngest-ever professor when he was 27.
He published more than 30 books, along with essays and articles.
He was an experienced mountain climber.
He was the first chairman of Norway's branch of Greenpeace.