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Vagn Walfrid Ekman

1874 - 1954

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Vagn Walfrid Ekman (3 May 1874 – 9 March 1954) was a Swedish oceanographer. Born in Stockholm to Fredrik Laurentz Ekman, himself an oceanographer, he became committed to oceanography while studying physics at the University of Uppsala and, in particular, on hearing Vilhelm Bjerknes lecture on fluid dynamics. During the expedition of the Fram, Fridtjof Nansen had observed that icebergs tend to drift not in the direction of the prevailing wind but at an angle of 20° to 40° to the right. Bjerknes invited Ekman, still a student, to investigate the problem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vagn Walfrid Ekman is the 525th most popular physicist (down from 313th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swedish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 525 out of 851. Before him are Konstantin Novoselov, Yuri Orlov, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, David J. Griffiths, Ole Worm, and John Leslie. After him are George Volkoff, Paul Davies, Giovanni Poleni, Fabiola Gianotti, Heinz von Foerster, and Leonid Mandelstam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 127. Before him are Alfred Tysoe, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Eugen Fischer, Amy Lowell, Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar, and Leopoldo Lugones. After him are Georges Lefebvre, Ludwig Diels, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Edward Marsh, and Mikhail Diterikhs. Among people deceased in 1954, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 85. Before him are Joachim Lemelsen, Clara Westhoff, Jacob Tullin Thams, M. N. Roy, Édouard Le Roy, and Omer Nishani. After him are Ellen Thesleff, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Oswald de Andrade, José Millán-Astray, Thành Thái, and Émile Mâle.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 493 out of 1,879. Before him are Sigge Parling (1930), Laurentius Petri (1499), Sven Tumba (1931), Nils Axelsson (1906), Carl Swartz (1858), and Henri Saint Cyr (1902). After him are Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883), Gustaf Cederström (1845), Karin Lindberg (1929), Ulla Jacobsson (1929), Lars Gustafsson (1936), and Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Sweden

Among physicists born in Sweden, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 11. Before him are Kai Siegbahn (1918), Johannes Rydberg (1854), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), Christopher Polhem (1661), Oskar Klein (1894), and Wilhelm Hisinger (1766). After him are Knut Ångström (1857), Bert Bolin (1925), Bengt Edlén (1906), Max Tegmark (1967), Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918), and Sverker Johansson (1961).

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