BIOLOGIST

Harald Sverdrup

1888 - 1957

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Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (15 November 1888 – 21 August 1957) was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist. He served as director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Norwegian Polar Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harald Sverdrup is the 249th most popular biologist (up from 546th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Norway (up from 237th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Harald Sverdrup ranks 249 out of 1,097. Before him are Pieter Boddaert, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, John Lindley, William Aiton, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, and H. Robert Horvitz. After him are Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Joy Adamson, Johann Baptist von Spix, Albert von Kölliker, Martin Vahl, and Henri Milne-Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Harald Sverdrup ranks 65. Before him are Hans Knappertsbusch, Louis Durey, Tôn Đức Thắng, Masaharu Homma, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, and Antonio Sant'Elia. After him are Clara Campoamor, Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Werner Jaeger, Vicki Baum, Prince Oskar of Prussia, and Giuseppe Ungaretti. Among people deceased in 1957, Harald Sverdrup ranks 63. Before him are Leo Perutz, Sacha Guitry, Qi Baishi, Hermann Buhl, Rudolf Diels, and Giovanni Battista Caproni. After him are Kurt von Tippelskirch, Shoghi Effendi, Johann Rattenhuber, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, Théophile de Donder, and Malcolm Lowry.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Harald Sverdrup ranks 98 out of 1,039. Before him are Haakon Ericsson (995), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (910), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), and Einar Gerhardsen (1897). After him are Atle Selberg (1917), Lars Korvald (1916), Martin Vahl (1749), Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), Jørgen Moe (1813), and Magnus II of Norway (1048).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Harald Sverdrup ranks 1. After him are Martin Vahl (1749), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Henrik Steffens (1773), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), Michael Sars (1805), Peter Ascanius (1723), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

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