Bjørn Helland-Hansen
Norwegian oceanographer
Bjørn Helland-Hansen was a Norwegian pioneer in the field of modern oceanography. He studied the variation patterns of the weather in the northern Atlantic Ocean and of the atmosphere.
He studied both medicine and physics at the University of... Wikipedia
Born: October 16, 1877, Oslo, Norway
Died: September 7, 1957 (age 79 years), Bergen, Norway
Grandchild: Grete Nash
Children: Eigil Helland-Hansen
Education: University of Oslo
Award: Alexander Agassiz Medal (1933)