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Vilhelm Bjerknes

1862 - 1951

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Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes ( BYURK-niss, Norwegian: [ˈʋɪlˌhɛlm ˈbjæɾknɛs]; 14 March 1862 – 9 April 1951) was a Norwegian geophysicist and meteorologist who did much to lay the foundation of the modern practice of weather forecasting. He formulated the primitive equations that are still in use in numerical weather prediction and climate modeling. He founded the so-called Bergen School of Meteorology, which was successful in advancing weather prediction and meteorology in the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilhelm Bjerknes is the 438th most popular physicist (up from 485th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Norway (up from 177th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Vilhelm Bjerknes ranks 438 out of 851. Before him are Homi J. Bhabha, Boris Podolsky, Walther Ritz, William Stanley Jr., Walther Meissner, and Evgeny Lifshitz. After him are Anatoli Bugorski, Robert J. Van de Graaff, Vladimir Chelomey, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Howard P. Robertson, and Yuval Ne'eman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Vilhelm Bjerknes ranks 65. Before him are Arvid Lindman, Nitobe Inazō, Robert Reid, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, William Wallace Campbell, and Friedrich Meinecke. After him are Louis Botha, Paul Adam, Theodor Boveri, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Henri Le Sidaner, and Okakura Kakuzō. Among people deceased in 1951, Vilhelm Bjerknes ranks 66. Before him are Louis Jouvet, Ali Sami Yen, Géza Maróczy, Henrietta Lacks, Wols, and Tadeusz Borowski. After him are Algernon Blackwood, Du Yuesheng, Jakow Trachtenberg, Liaquat Ali Khan, Maria Montez, and Lincoln Ellsworth.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Vilhelm Bjerknes ranks 149 out of 1,039. Before him are Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931), Anathon Aall (1867), Mari Boine (1956), Edvard Moser (1962), Camilla Collett (1813), and Ulvhild Håkansdotter (1090). After him are Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Peter Waage (1833), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), and Peter Tordenskjold (1690).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Norway

Among physicists born in Norway, Vilhelm Bjerknes ranks 2. Before him are Ivar Giaever (1929). After him are Ole Jacob Broch (1818).

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