Bjørn Helland-Hansen
Bjørn Helland-Hansen (born October 16, 1877 in Christiania (now Oslo), † September 7, 1957 in Bergen ) was a Norwegian pioneer in the field of modern oceanography . He researched climatological fluctuations in the North Atlantic and in the atmosphere . In 1915 he became professor of oceanography at the University of Bergen and in 1917 also director of the Institute for Geophysics . In 1939 he became president of the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics .
In 1933 he was awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal of the National Academy of Sciences . In 1934 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1939 he became a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and in 1947 a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences.
In 1910 he developed the “Helland Hansen Photometer ”, which was used on board the research ship Michael Sars . It was first used near the Azores at a depth between 500 and 700 meters.
The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen named the Helland Hansen shoulder after him in 1911 , a mountain ridge in Antarctica .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bjørn Helland-Hansen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Herman G. Gade: Bjørn Helland-Hansen . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 15, 2019 .
- ^ Historical academy members: Björn Helland-Hansen. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, accessed on December 15, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helland-Hansen, Bjørn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian oceanographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christiania |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1957 |
| Place of death | Mountains |